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Forty elements of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group were captured in Beni region, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a massacre of civilians, the UN Mission in the country said on Wednesday. “On February 9, 2020, at around 10:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. GMT), a joint action (peacekeepers – Congolese army) launched against […]
The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) has called on donors to provide $4.2 million this year to help continue providing critical programs that support former child soldiers in South Sudan. Since 2015, UNICEF has supported the release and reintegration of 3,677 children who were used by armed forces and armed groups in South Sudan. […]
The European Union, in a report released on Thursday, described as “astonishing” the extent of vote-rigging in last October’s elections in Mozambique. The EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls, saying they found fraud at almost every stage of the process. The election – meant to help cement a peace deal in the […]
The recently concluded 33rd African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa was marked by the formal inauguration of the new headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in the Ethiopian capital, with a pledge to intensify inter-African security cooperation. The CISSA, set up sixteen years ago, is tasked with providing the […]
Portugal has ordered a freeze on the bank accounts of the Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos. Isabel, the daughter of the former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, is currently the subject of a criminal investigation in Angola. The public prosecutor’s office in Lisbon confirmed reports that dozens of personal and corporate […]
At least a hundred individuals were abducted by armed separatists in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon before the legislative and municipal elections of Feb.9, revealed Human Rights Watch (HRW), which accused the soldiers of “new abuses”. “Armed separatists (…) kidnapped over 100 people, burned property, and threatened voters in the run-up to the elections,” the […]
Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has refused to deal with the International Criminal Court, ICC, his lawyer has said after authorities agreed to hand over to the Hague-based tribunal four Sudanese wanted for war crimes in Darfur. The Sudanese government indicated that the transitional administration will hand over all people wanted by ICC, following an […]
At least ten Jihadists were killed Monday morning in an attack on the Tanwalbougou gendarmerie brigade in the Fada N’Gourma department, eastern Burkina Faso, according to medical sources. In the shooting, two people in a transport bus were accidentally killed and the other passengers injured. Several motorcycles, firearms, knives, cell phones and a transceiver radio […]
The Egyptian Interior Ministry said that police killed 17 terrorists in the al-Obaidat district of the city of al-Arich, in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. Several firearms and explosives were seized by the response forces. Egypt has been facing, for years, insurrections by Muslim Brothers across the country, as well as by a local […]
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Monday said his government is prepared to talk with jihadist groups in the hope of ending insurgency in the West African nation. “Why not try to contact those who we know are pulling the strings,” Mr. Keita said in a recording of the interview published by Radio France Internationale. […]