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Al-Shabab fighters launched a coordinated dawn attack on the strategic town of Adan Yabaal in central Somalia on Wednesday (16 April), igniting heavy clashes with government troops and raising concerns over the sustainability of the country’s counterinsurgency campaign. The town, situated approximately 240 kilometers north of Mogadishu, serves as a critical logistical hub linking Hirshabelle […]
Mozambique is under increasing international scrutiny following revelations that over 300 people were killed during a violent government crackdown on post-election protests between October 2024 and January 2025. A new Amnesty International report accuses the country’s security forces of unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests, and excessive force, calling the response ‘reckless and unnecessary.’ The protests erupted […]
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) confirmed last month it has closed operations in nine Sub-Saharan African countries following a strategic review, marking a significant retreat from the continent by one of the world’s “Big Four” accounting firms. The affected countries include Ivory Coast, Gabon, Cameroon, Madagascar, Senegal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Guinea, and Equatorial Guinea, […]
A dispute between Elon Musk and South Africa over his satellite internet company Starlink has escalated into a racially charged standoff, exacerbating tensions between the United States and the Southern African country. Musk claimed on his social media platform X that Starlink was “not allowed to operate in South Africa simply because I’m not black,” […]
Cybersecurity and anti-virus provider firm Kaspersky said Morocco ranks third among the African countries most targeted by cyberattacks in 2024. “There were 131,580,587 web threats detected in 2024 in the African region, including almost 20 million attack attempts in Kenya, almost 17 million in South Africa, and 12.6 million in Morocco,” the company said in […]
The first issue of the Middle East and North Africa Journal on Violence and Extremism (MENAVEX) has been officially released. This marks the launch of the region’s first peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated exclusively to the study of extremism and terrorism. Published in both print and electronic formats, the journal is supported by a distinguished scientific […]
South Africa has shown once more its hostility to Morocco’s territorial integrity in connivance with the Algerian military regime by trying to deceive member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and drag them into supporting Polisario, Algeria-backed armed militias. But all their plots and manipulations have failed and blew up on their faces, […]
Britain announced an additional £120 million ($158 million) in aid for Sudan at an international conference in London on Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of a conflict that has created what officials describe as “the worst humanitarian crisis on record.” Ahead of the conference to increase aid for Sudan, the EU and member states pledged […]
As families flee the blood-soaked remains of Zamzam camp, El Fasher is becoming a city of survivors and silent suffering. With exhausted civilians arriving in waves—many on foot after two days without food or water—the humanitarian toll of the recent Rapid Support Forces (RSF) assault is only just beginning to surface. Volunteers in El Fasher […]
In the wake of escalating violence in South Sudan, a growing chorus of voices from the opposition is calling for immediate international intervention. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO), aligned with Vice President Riek Machar, has urged on April 14 the global community to launch a full-scale investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Government […]