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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

West Africa: Focusing on Peace By Peaceful Means For Cameroon's Crises

Welcome to allAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from allAfrica and today our focus is Cameroon. The West… Read more »

South Sudan: Elections Won't End in 'Miraculously' Having Democracy, South Sudan Needs a Vision

Welcome to AllAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I'm Mantsadi Sepheka. And today our focus is South Sudan.Africa's youngest… Read more »

South Sudan: If We Truly Want Young People to be Peacemakers, Agents of Positive Change, Then Attacks on Education Must Stop

My name is Nandege and I am a peacemaker. I come from the village of Homiri in Chukudum county, South Sudan, where most of the population of some 150,000 people are subsistence… Read more »

Mali: Mali Defiant as Europe Slams Deal with Russian Paramilitary Firm

At the end of a two-day visit to the Sahel, France's defence minister warned Mali against hiring paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner, RFI reports. Read more »

West Africa: Russia's Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali

Reports that Mali's military junta has negotiated a prospective deal to bring in 1,000 Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner Group are anything but surprising. Read more »

Nigeria: Time to Ransom the Psycho-Social Trauma of Nigeria's Kidnapping Epidemic

"He is the one! That's him!" Those were the words my brother heard before four uniformed men grabbed him at the store five minutes from his home in Port Harcourt, Rivers state… Read more »

Nigeria: Building a Peaceful and Secure Nigeria

We cannot build sustainable security in Nigeria if we, as a country, do not understand the exact nature and sources of today's insecurity and then translate this understanding into… Read more »

Guinea: Elite Special Forces Stage Coup - Reports

This Sunday, September 5, the population of Conakry woke up to confusion. Read more »

Africa: Sahel's Conflict Crisis – Women Hold Key to Building Peace

It is now a decade since the Sahel crisis unfolded. Yet, the region has picked up the hard lessons and remains of interest globally. Read more »

Mozambique: Peacebuilding in Mozambique - When Talking is the Surest Path to Peace [Conversation Transcript]

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Mozambique: How Rwandan Troops Notched Up Early Successes in Cabo Delgado - Report

Rwandan troops have notched up "remarkable" early successes against insurgents in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique, reports a civil society observer group. The group… Read more »

Nigeria: A Public Health Approach to Ending Election Violence in Nigeria

The next general election in Nigeria to elect the President, Vice-President, Senators and members of the federal House of Representatives is scheduled for February 23, 2023.… Read more »

Ethiopia: How to Build Peace in Ethiopia - 'We Need to Be Brave ... Look at Our Past, And Engage With It Honestly' - CONVERSATION

Welcome to allAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from AllAfrica and today our focus is Ethiopia. Fisseha… Read more »