Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan

Somali, allied forces repel Al-Shabab attacks, kill at least 130 militants

Somali government forces, alongside local militias, successfully repelled a series of attacks on four military bases by the jihadist Al-Shabab group on Thursday (20 February), resulting in the deaths of over 130 militants. The assaults targeted four military bases in the Middle Shabelle region, an area that has been a recent hotspot for clashes between […]

Chadian President Idriss Deby dies on battlefield after a 30-year long rule

Chadian President Idriss Déby, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders who has just been re-elected for six more years in power, died of wounds received on the battlefield, the army announced this Tuesday. The announcement came just hours after electoral officials had declared Deby, 68, the winner of the April 11 presidential election, paving the way […]

Cameroonians call for peace, reconciliation to end country’s ‘full-blown civil war’

Ahead of Cameroon’s National Day on 20 May, thousands of people are demonstrating this week, calling for peace and reconciliation in what a recent briefing paper referred to as a „bloody civil war“. The demonstrators, led by activists, traditional leaders and clerics, gathered in the capital, Yaounde, on Thursday, calling for an end to hate […]