A sharp restriction in off-continental irregular migration combined with escalating push factors will continue to shape governance and security priorities in Africa in 2025, according to a new report by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), which also highlights the urgent need for more regional cooperation to accommodate intra-continental population movements. The new analysis […]
A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded about four dozen others Sunday (15 January) in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claimed by Islamic State jihadists. The “terrorist act” happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province’s Kasindi, a town on the border with Uganda, […]
Somalia’s government said it had killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of Islamist militant group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners, as the United Nations warns the country is still teetering on the edge of famine. The announcement of the operation that killed Nadir on Saturday (October 1) comes as Somali security forces […]
