Africa

33 Civilians Killed in Burkina Faso ‘Terrorist’ Attack

At least 33 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on vegetable farmers in a jihadist-hit region of Burkina Faso.

Read More »

Army, ‘Foreign’ Fighters Killed 500 in Mali in March 2022: UN Report

The Malian army and foreign fighters executed at least 500 people during an anti-jihadist operation in Mali in March 2022.

Read More »

Sudan Warring Sides Make Humanitarian Promise but No Truce

Sudan's warring military factions signed a commitment to respect humanitarian principles in their spiralling conflict but they did not reach a ceasefire.

Read More »

US Accuses South Africa of Having Supplied Weapons to Russia

The US envoy to South Africa accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia, a charge that drew an angry rebuke from Pretoria.

Read More »

17 Dead in Attack on Chadian Village

An attack on a village by armed men in southern Chad, near the border with the Central African Republic, left 17 people dead, prosecutors announced.

Read More »

Six Troops Killed in Rare West Mali Attack: Local Sources

Six Malian soldiers have been killed and nine wounded after a rare attack in the country's west, police and local sources said.

Read More »

Niger Says It Has Picked Up 1,400 Boko Haram Followers

Nearly 1,400 followers of Nigeria's notorious Boko Haram jihadist group have been intercepted fleeing into Niger.

Read More »

Southern African Troops to Deploy Against Rebels in East DR Congo

Southern African countries agreed to deploy forces to help quell violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Read More »

Air Strikes Rock Sudan as Truce Talks Yield No Breakthrough

Air strikes again shook Sudan's capital while the latest truce talks in Jeddah yielded no progress.

Read More »

Blast Targeting UN Convoy Wounds 7 Peacekeepers in Mali

Seven UN peacekeepers were wounded in central Mali when a roadside bomb exploded under their convoy, the UN force in the West African country said.

Read More »