Islamist militants from an al Qaeda-linked group killed 10 long-haul truck drivers and two teenage apprentices who were travelling through Mali's western Kayes region in late January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked a military-escorted
South African anti-apartheid activist Mosiuoa Lekota, who broke away from the African National Congress to found a new political party, died in the early hours of Wednesday morning, his party said in a statement. He was 77 years old. Lekota died after a period of illness and had stepped back from
Drones have attacked the airport serving Kisangani, a strategic city in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo far from active front lines in the east, local officials said on Monday, blaming the AFC/M23 rebel group and neighbouring Rwanda. AFC/M23, which US experts say is backed by Rwanda, launch
Congolese authorities and a civil society group said Thursday that mass graves were found in part of eastern Congo that the M23 rebel group has recently withdrawn from, as fighting in the region escalates despite a U.S.-mediated peace deal. The governor of South-Kivu province, Jean-Jacques Purusi,
Chad closed its eastern border with Sudan on Monday after weekend clashes linked to Sudan's civil war killed five Chadian soldiers, two sources told Reuters. The conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which erupted in Apr 2023, has periodically spill
At least 50 people were killed and a significant number of others abducted after a group of armed men launched a brutal attack on a village in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, a local lawmaker said. The raid on Tungan Dutse village, located in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area, reportedly
The UN World Food Programme said on Friday its life-saving food and nutrition assistance in Somalia could grind to a halt by April unless new funding is secured, putting millions of people at risk of worsening hunger. An estimated 4.4 million people face crisis-level food insecurity, with nearly o
More than 6,000 people were killed during a three-day offensive by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Darfur city of El-Fasher in late October, the United Nations said in a report released Friday. The UN Human Rights Office described the assault as a wave of violence &ldq
A passenger ferry capsized on the Nile River in Sudan on Wednesday, leaving at least 15 people dead, a medical group said. The ferry, with at least 27 people on board, including women and children, sank in the Shendi district in northern Nile River province, said the Sudan Doctors Network, a media
Nigeria's military said on Wednesday that about 200 US troops due to arrive in the coming weeks would not take part in combat action and that Nigerian forces would retain full control over all security decisions. This followed comments from a US official on Tuesday that the Pentagon planned to dep
Security services have now rescued all 166 worshippers who were kidnapped by gunmen during attacks on two churches in northern Nigeria last month, a Christian group said on Thursday. The Christian Association of Nigeria credited the power of prayer and the military for the success of the operation
Niger's Defence and Security Forces (FDS) said on Wednesday that they had "neutralised" 47 terrorists and arrested 21 others between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 through targeted airstrikes and sustained ground operations nationwide. According to a weekly information bulletin broadcast on national televisio
An attack by an Islamic State-linked militant group in eastern Congo killed at least 25 people early Sunday, a rights group based in Ituri province said. The dead from the attack by the Allied Democratic Force, or ADF, include 15 men who were burned alive in a house and seven who were shot in the
