A group of hackers called Mysterious Team made multiple Senegalese government websites go offline overnight on Friday by hitting them with denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, a government spokesperson said. The group claimed responsibility for the cyber attacks in a series of Twitter posts usi
The US has announced sanctions on the local boss of the Wagner private military group in Mali, Ivan Maslov. The Russian mercenary group could be secretly trying to obtain military equipment for the war in Ukraine through its operations in Mali and other African countries, the US says.
Somalia on Thursday secured 10.5 million U.S. dollars through a trilateral partnership launched in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to tackle drought and prevent famine in the country. The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development
The fighting between Sudan's military and a powerful paramilitary force has displaced more than 1.3 million people, the UN migration agency said Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration said the clashes have forced over 1.0 million people to leave their homes to safer areas inside S
Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least one area after
At least 18 civilians have been were killed in an attack by armed bandits on a village in Nigeria's central state of Benue, an official said Monday. Scores of residents were also injured in the attack on the Iye village in the Guma local government area of the state on Sunday, said Christopher Wak
Sudan’s Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), a coalition of political parties supporting democratic rule, late on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the county’s warring parties. The Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support forces signed an agreement on Saturday
Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces its most severe drought in four decades, according to the government. Aid agencies and scientists
A United States convoy was attacked in Nigeria on Tuesday killing four people, including two personnel from the US consulate and two police officers, and kidnapping three others, according to CNN. The attack took place in the southeastern Anambra state, with Anambra Police Command telling CNN that
Air strikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan's capital early on Tuesday, residents said, as the army sought to dislodge paramilitary rivals it has been fighting for more than a month. The air strikes and sounds of clashes and blasts could be heard in the south of Khartoum,
Khartoum residents described fierce battles on Saturday with fighters roving the streets and little sign Sudan's warring sides were respecting an agreement to protect civilians ahead of ceasefire talks due to resume in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, reports Reuters. Fighting has rocked Kharto
Searchers for survivors and victims of a doomsday cult in Kenya's Shakahola forest discovered 22 more bodies on Saturday, according to a regional governmental official, reports Reuters. The discoveries bring the death toll of one of the country's worst tragedies to 201. "Our forensic team w
More than 115,600 children in Haiti are expected to suffer severe wasting from malnutrition this year, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Thursday, as an escalation of armed violence worsens food insecurity and a cholera outbreak. According to Reuters, that number is more than 30
