Rwanda: Kagame Promotes General Sanctioned by U.S. for Alleged Role in Eastern DR Congo Instability

Rwandan President Paul Kagame promoted a General recently sanctioned by the U.S. for involvement in the conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what could be… Read more »

Gabon: Army Officers Appear on Television, Say They Have Claimed Power

A group of senior military officers have gone on national television in Gabon saying they have seized power, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Ethiopia: U.S. Knew Saudis Were Killing African Migrants at Border - Report

Saudi security forces are killing, shelling, and abusing groups of migrants, according to a Human Rights Watch report. And President Biden's administration, according to The… Read more »

Africa: Saudi Arabia Denies Border Guards Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Migrants, Asylum Seekers

Saudi Arabia has denounced a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants since 2022. Read more »

Niger: Junta Leader Signs Order to Allow Help from Burkina Faso, Mali Military

Niger junta leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani announced that his country will allow the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso to send their soldiers into Niger to defend… Read more »

Niger: Without France ... There'd Be No Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - President Macron

Without France's military operations in the Sahel "there would probably no longer be a Mali ... Burkina Faso, and I'm not sure there would still be Niger", French President… Read more »

Africa: Russian Mercenary Boss Posts Video, Location Hints at Africa

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, made a rare video appearance released on Telegram channels linked to the private military company, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Niger: AU Suspends Niger After Coup

The African Union has suspended the membership of Niger a month after the coup by what they called a "faction of military officers". The body's Peace and Security Council (PSC)… Read more »

Senegal: Dozens Feared Dead After Boat Found Off Cabo Verde

At least 63 people are believed to have died when the boat they were travelling on from Senegal was discovered off Cabo Verde, according to the International Organization for… Read more »

Niger: New U.S. Ambassador to Arrive in Niger Despite Coup

Kathleen FitzGibbon, the new U.S. Ambassador to Niger, is heading to take up her new position in Niamey this week, the U.S. Department of State announced. Read more »

West Africa: Mali, Russia Discuss Coup in Niger

Colonel Assimi Goita, the head of Mali's military, spoke by phone with Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, about the situation in Niger, where Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on July… Read more »

Mali: Musician Salif Keïta Drops Transitional Council for Role in Mali Junta's Govt

The musician known as The Golden Voice of Africa, Salif Keita, is now a special advisor to the military junta's leader in Mali, AFP reports. Read more »

Mali: UN Speeds Up Troop Withdrawal From Mali

The deteriorating security situation in the City of Ber in Mali has led to the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) speeding up its withdrawal from the city in the north of country,… Read more »

East Africa: Strategic Nation of 1.1 Million People Plays Outsize Role in Regional Peacebuilding

The house arrest of the president of Niger by military officials has taken much of what international media attention there was from the continuing catastrophic conflict in Sudan… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Keeping Jihadists Out of Northern Côte d'Ivoire

The Brussels-based International Crisis Group has issued a 20-page report warning of the danger of jihadists operating in the Sahel region are moving south into countries such as… Read more »

Africa: Aya Chebbi, First Ever AU Youth Envoy Speaks on the State of Youth Activism and Leadership in Africa

Ahead of International Youth Day, AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Aya Chebbi to and shed light on the state of youth leadership and activism in Africa. Chebbi is the founder… Read more »

Africa: Zimbabwean Activist Namatai Kwekweza on Youth Activism and Engagement in Peace Processes in Africa

Ahead of this year's International Youth Day, AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke to Namatai Kwekweza, founder and Director of WELEAD Trust. Kwekweza is the Kofi Atta Annan NextGen… Read more »

North Africa: Tunisia, Libya Announce Deal to Rescue Migrants Stranded on Border

Tunisia and Libya will split the cost of housing hundreds of migrants who were stuck at their borders, many of whom had been there for more than a month, Al Arabiya reports. Read more »

Mali: Mali, France Suspend Issuing Visas As Diplomatic Face-Off Deepens

France and Mali stopped giving visas to each other's citizens, as tensions between the two former allies have grown, Le Monde reports. Read more »

Kenya: U.S. Won't Pay Compensation for Nairobi Embassy Blast Survivors

Survivors of the terrorist assault in Nairobi on August 7, 1998, are unlikely to get any compensation from the U.S. government after it maintained it had already paid them and put… Read more »

Niger: Junta Accuses France of Attack on Presidential Guard

Colonel Mohamadou Abdramabne, the spokesperson for the Niger junta, accused the French of trying to destabilise the country with an attack to free what he called terrorists. In… Read more »

South Africa: Zuma Must Repay Diamond Dealer's Millions, Insolvency Inquiry Says - South African News Briefs - August 10, 2023

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Mali: Musician Salif Keïta Resigns From Transitional Parliament

Salif Keita, a well-known musician from Mali, has left the assembly that the military, which has been in charge since 2020, established to serve as a legislative body, APA News… Read more »

Africa: U.S. UN Ambassador – On Tackling Covid, Conflict and Climate

The United States this month holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. As she occupies the chair, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thoman… Read more »

West Africa: UAE Deploys Military Vehicles to Chad

The United Arab Emirates dispatched military vehicles and other security equipment to Chad, the oil-rich Gulf nation announced, saying it was in order to help with border… Read more »