January 25, 2022
Africa: Why Youth Are Integral to Shaping Peacebuilding Processes as Leaders, Not Only Beneficiaries
Hello and welcome to Allafrica's focus on peacebuilding and Africa, Silence The Guns. I'm Juanita Williams and today we speak about the role of young people in peacebuilding, made… Read more »
January 21, 2022
Western Sahara: Morocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates
In November 2020, the Moroccan government sent its military to the Guerguerat area, a buffer zone between the territory claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab… Read more »
December 13, 2021
Ethiopia: Tigrayan Forces Recapture Lalibela - Report
Rebel Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, Reuters reports from Addis Ababa Read more »
November 26, 2021
Sudan: Thousands March Despite PM Hamdok's Promises
Thousands of citizens are marching across the country, despite assurances from Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok that he will step down if the Sudanese people see that… Read more »
November 21, 2021
Sudan: Prime Minister Hamdok Set to Return to Lead Govt After Deal
Sudanese coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has reached a deal with civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, 65, - who was placed under house arrest on October 25, 2021 for… Read more »
November 18, 2021
South Sudan: Healing Trauma and Peacebuilding Go Hand-in-Hand for South Sudan
Welcome to AllAfrica's Silence The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. This is Juanita Williams and today we take closer look at what the road to… Read more »
Sudan: Fatalities Climb In Khartoum Amid Anti-Coup Protests
Sudan's capital city Khartoum has been shaken by rising deaths - now at 39 - during protests against the military's seizure of power in a coup in October 2021. The country saw its… Read more »
Mozambique: Treating Root Causes of Northern Conflict Key to Guns Being Silenced
Four years ago in October, attacks by a few dozen young men on three police stations in Mocimboa da Praia - a district of Cabo Delgado province in northeastern Mozambique -… Read more »
South Sudan: South Sudan Still Struggling Towards Peace
In January 2011 the people of South Sudan voted in a referendum to secede from Sudan, putting behind them two civil wars which had consumed 39 of the 55 years of Sudanese… Read more »
November 16, 2021
Uganda: Two Deadly Blasts in Capital of Kampala, More Bombs Found
Two police officers are confirmed dead and four others were killed when two separate explosions hit the city of Kampala, the National Emergency Coordination… Read more »
November 11, 2021
Cameroon: Bomb Wounds 11 University Students in Cameroon
At least 11 University of Buea students were wounded after a bomb was thrown onto the roof of a lecture hall in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest. Read more »
November 09, 2021
Africa: Peacebuilding Needs More Women, Youth - What's Holding Them Back?
AllAfrica's Silence The Guns series focuses on peacebuilding on the continent. Today we take a closer look at the role of women and youth in peacebuilding in Africa. There's no… Read more »
November 08, 2021
Sudan: Army Chief Committed to Transferring Power to Civilian Leadership - Report
In an interview with Al Jazeera, army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said that he would not participate in any government that comes after a transitional period and… Read more »
November 05, 2021
Sudan: Army Chief Orders Detained Ministers Released Amid Global Pressure
Top army general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ordered the release of four civilian ministers who were detained when he led a military coup in which Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was… Read more »
Niger: Dozens Dead in Attack By Gunmen - Govt
At least 69 people, including a mayor, have been killed in an attack by gunmen in southwestern Niger, the country's government has confirmed. Read more »
Ethiopia: International Pressure for a Ceasefire in Ethiopia Grows
With Tigray forces advancing towards Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa and the humanitarian crises escalating, UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a Tweet on Wednesday… Read more »
November 03, 2021
Ethiopia: UN Rights Body Blames All Sides For Human Rights Abuses in Tigray Conflict
As the conflict between Ethiopia's federal government and the northern Tigray region escalates, the United Nations human rights chief has blamed all parties involved in the… Read more »
October 30, 2021
Sudan: AllAfrica Speaks With Sudan 'March of Millions' Protester As She Marches
AllAfrica's Juanita Williams spoke with Asma Ismail, human rights activist, as she marched through the streets east of Khartoum. Read more »
October 26, 2021
West Africa: ECOWAS Envoy Ordered Out By Junta
ECOWAS representative Hamidou Boly was on October 25, 2021 named persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave Mali. Read more »
Ethiopia: International Community Should Back Obasanjo's Peace Mission - Report
The international community should rally around former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo's peace mission in Ethiopia, or risk all-out civil war within the country and even a… Read more »
October 21, 2021
Southern Africa: SADC Deploys Special Envoys to eSwatini as Police Fire on Protesters
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Defence, Politics and Security Cooperation has appointed a… Read more »
October 15, 2021
South Africa: Ministers Freed In Military Veterans Hostage Drama
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise, Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, and Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thabang Makwetla… Read more »
October 07, 2021
Africa: Tanzania Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Facebook's Lack of Content Control Stokes Violence in Ethiopia - U.S. Whistleblower
An American whistleblower who previously worked for the social media giant, Facebook, has alleged that its lack of controls over harmful content is promoting ethnic violence in… Read more »
October 05, 2021
Mozambique: Reports Grow of Children Being Abused in Armed Conflict, Says UN
United Nations officials have received increasing reports of the use of children in armed groups and violations, including abduction and sexual violence by militant Islamist groups… Read more »