September 18
Sudan: TSC Member Salah Tur - Any Peace Returns RSF Militia Will Not Be Acceptable
SNA
Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander Salah al-Din Adam Tur, said that the country's leadership is working in harmony and full agreement to defeat the… Read more »
Egypt: Egypt Will Never Accept Any Changes to Rafah Crossing Operating Rules - FM Abdelatty
Egypt Online
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty stressed that Egypt will never accept any changes to the Rafah crossing operating rules, which are in place before 7 October,… Read more »
Mali: Terrorist Attacks in Bamako - a Signal to the Military Juntas of Niger and Burkina?
Agenzia Fides
Local observers describe as "an unprecedented event" the double attack carried out yesterday, September 17, in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on the airport and a nearby gendarmerie… Read more »
Sudan: 'Outlaw RSF Militia Asaults Convoys and Cuts Off Relief Corridors'
SNA
The official spokesman for the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Dr. Mohamed Zakaria, explained that the insurgent Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia follows the… Read more »
Sudan: As Sudan Crisis Deepens, Acting UN Relief Chief Tells Security Council 'It Is Time to Act' [document]
OCHA
Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudan by Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Read more »
Nigeria: Armed Forces Shall Never Surrender to Forces of Adversity - CDS
Vanguard
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the Armed Forces of Nigeria shall never surrender to the forces of adversity, nor shall they forget the sacrifices of… Read more »
Kenya: IPOA Probing Withdrawal of Justice Mugambi's Security Detail
Capital FM
The Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) is investigating the withdrawal of High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi's security detail. Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Arms Importation - Govt Begins Prosecution of 10 Suspects
Daily Trust
The federal government has said that arrangements have been concluded to destroy all seized illicit arms and ammunition from suspects and other criminals by the end of September. Read more »
Uganda: Outgoing Unicef Country Representative Bids Farewell to Foreign Affairs Minister
Nile Post
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo has met with Dr. Munir Safieldin, UNICEF's outgoing Country Representative for Uganda, as he concludes his tour of duty in the… Read more »
Nigeria: UN Donates $6m for Borno Flood Victims
Vanguard
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, yesterday announced the sum of $6 million from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to support flood victims in Borno… Read more »
Sudan: US President Biden Urges End to Sudan Conflict
Dabanga
US President Joe Biden has condemned the ongoing conflict in Sudan, urging both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to halt their… Read more »
Kenya: World Tourism Day - How Travel Management Companies Can Promote Justice and Peace in Kenya [opinion]
Capital FM
As we approach World Tourism Day, it's an opportune moment to reflect on the role Travel Management Companies (TMCs) play in fostering justice and peace. Read more »
September 17
Africa: The Sierra Leonian Gangster Who Gave up Violence and Drugs for Poetry [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective.… Read more »
Ethiopia: Nine Dead in Renewed Fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara Region
VOA
At least nine people were killed and more than 30 others were injured in fresh fighting that erupted in Debark and Dabat towns of the North Gondar zone in Ethiopia's Amhara region… Read more »
Sudan: 'State-Building Failures At Heart of Collapse' - Expert
Dabanga
In an interview with Radio Dabanga, Aicha el Basri, a Moroccan author and journalist with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) and former spokeswoman for the… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'My Heart Is Bleeding' - Congolese Youth On the M23 War and Prospects for Peace
The New Humanitarian
'We just want peace and that everyone lays down their arms.' Read more »
Uganda: Museveni At 80 - Reflecting On the Original NRA 27
Nile Post
As President Yoweri Museveni marked his 80th birthday, Uganda commemorated his legacy with an exhibition highlighting his journey with the National Resistance Army (NRA). Read more »
Uganda: Communities Find Hope in the Aftermath of Destructive Floods and Landslides
Nile Post
Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have devastated communities in Uganda's western districts of Kasese and Ntoroko, leaving thousands displaced and in urgent need… Read more »
Ethiopia: TPLF Revokes Membership of Key Leaders - Getachew Reda Among 16 Ousted in Political Shake-Up
Addis Standard
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), led by Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), has announced the expulsion of 16 former members and senior leaders, including Getachew Reda, the… Read more »
Ethiopia: War Scenarios and Conflict Contexts - Critical Relations Between Somalia, Ethiopia and Egypt
Agenzia Fides
The situation in the Horn of Africa is extremely complex. Somalia is arming itself to fight more effectively against Al-Shabaab terrorists, while in Ethiopia the situation is… Read more »
South Africa: Concern Raised Over 'Risk of the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons'
SAnews.gov.za
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has raised concern about the "rising threat" to global peace and the risk of the threat of nuclear weapons use amidst… Read more »
Morocco: Three Daesh Supporters Arrested On Suspicion of Preparing Terrorist Projects (Bcij)
MAP
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), under of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), arrested Tuesday, on the basis of information provided by… Read more »
Nigeria: 'No More Excuses', Danjuma Asks Service Chiefs to End Killings Now
Daily Trust
Elder statesman and former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), has tasked all service chiefs to end banditry and return the country to the path of peace. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Signs Arms Control Centre Bill Into Law
Leadership
President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Bill establishing the National Center for the Control of small arms and light weapons (NCCSALW) to curb proliferation of small arms and… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Making a Mockery' - Ending Fortress Conservation in DR Congo and Beyond [analysis]
African Arguments
The court ruling on the rights of the expelled Batwa people could pave the way for the paradigm shift we need. Read more »