Nigeria: Tokyo Fallout: Invest More in Sports to Battle Insecurity, Sambawa Tells FG

Hails Nigeria's performance at Olympics Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigrayan Forces Take UNESCO Heritage Site of Lalibela - Eyewitnesses

Forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela in the country's neighbouring Amhara region, Reuters reports. Read more »

South Sudan: Engage the Youth in Building Peace and Our New Nation

South Sudan, the world's youngest nation and an ethnically-diverse country with a population of more than 11 million, celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday. The country gained… Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigrayan Crowds Jeer Captured Federal Troops

Thousands of prisoners taken by Tigrayan forces have been paraded through the recaptured regional capital, Mekelle, in an apparent breach of the principles of international law… Read more »

Ethiopia: TPLF Issues Statement Outlining Conditions for a Ceasefire in Tigray

The following statement was issued by the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front and posted on Twitter by executive committee member and spokesperson, Gatechew K. Reda, who served as… Read more »

Ethiopia: 'Opportunity Must Not Be Lost' - Five Former U.S. Ambassadors to Ethiopia on Events in Tigray

This statement was provided to AllAfrica by five former American ambassadors who led U.S. representation in Ethiopia for 13 of the past 25 years. The career diplomats welcome the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Heavy Casualties After Attack on Market in Tigray - Report

There has been heavy casualties after an airstrike on a market in Tigray, according to BBC. Read more »

Nigeria: Peacebuilding Experts Speak on Challenges Facing Nigeria [Conversation Transcript]

Welcome to the second in AllAfrica's series with African peacebuilders and researchers. Our focus today is Nigeria. Appropriately nicknamed the "Giant of Africa', the West African… Read more »

Nigeria: Can the Nigerian State Survive the Twin Crises of Covid and Conflict?

The toxic mix of factors which threaten the cohesion of Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation include: Read more »

Tanzania: The Human Rights Priorities for New President Suluhu

Three years ago, the Tanzanian human rights activist Vicky Ntetema and I sat down at a quiet Dar es Salaam restaurant to talk about the human rights situation in her country. I… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Ambassador to UN Seeks Partnerships to End African Conflicts

The Biden administration's Cabinet-level official with most experience of Africa's challenges has signaled a clear break from President Donald Trump's approach to the continent. Read more »

Southern Africa: SADC Military Mission Warns of Terror Attacks on Mozambique's Allies

A Southern African military mission which has assessed the current conflict in northern Mozambique is warning that so-called “al Shabaab” insurgents could conduct… Read more »

Chad: President Deby Dies After Attack

It has been confirmed that newly elected President Idriss Deby died today, apparently of injuries sustained in an attack. Read more »

Chad: U.S., UK, France Warn of Fighting Approaching Chad Capital

The United States on Saturday ordered all non-essential personnel, including families of diplomats, out of Chad, as armed groups advanced towards the capital N'Djamena. Read more »

Nigeria: Armed Insurgents Target Aid Groups in Borno State Attacks

United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO… Read more »

Southern Africa: Neighbouring States Send Troops to Mozambique Amid Regional Peace Threats

With the lives of an estimated 50,000 people in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado disrupted by recent insurgent attacks, the country's neighbours are reported to be… Read more »

Africa: Building Peace in Troubled Places – South Sudan, the Sahel, Mozambique

A backgrounder for AllAfrica's online discussion with scholars and peace practitioners. Read more »

Africa: Peacebuilding in the Sahel, Mozambique and South Sudan - Webinar Transcript

This is the transcript of a webinar hosted by AllAfrica that drew upon the research of three scholars about peacebuilding in Africa: Dr. Shuvai Busuman Nyoni, executive… Read more »

Chad: Coronation Replaces Election, Threatens Peace in Chad

After 30 years in power, Chad's brutal ruler Idris Déby Itno is just coming into his own.  With elections on April 11 in his oil rich, yet crushingly impoverished… Read more »

Mozambique: Experts Urge Regional Leaders to Address Local Grievances in Spreading Mozambique Conflict

Over 2,000 people have died since the first attack by an Islamist armed group in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado. These attacks started in October 2017 when a local… Read more »

Ethiopia: Federal Troops Massacred Tigray Captives in Cold Blood - Reports

International media stations have traced video footage of uniformed soldiers, allegedly Ethiopian federal troops, executing civilians in cold blood, as having been recorded near… Read more »

Mozambique: Thousands Will Flee Cabo Delgado Violence, Predicts UN

United Nations alarmed at Cabo Delgado ‘horror’ in Mozambique Read more »

Africa: Change For Africa's Women - So, Where Do We Start?

The years 2010-2020 marked the African Women’s Decade. As we take stock of the last ten-plus years, it is clear is that we have not kept the promises that were made to the… Read more »

Niger: Gunmen Kills Dozens in Attack on Convoy

Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Senegal: Clashes Between Police and Protesters Continue in Dakar

Violence hit Dakar once again as tensions rose around the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. Read more »