November 17, 2022
East Africa: East Africa Regional Force to Counter M23 Rebels' Advance
The East African Community's armed force, led by Kenya, has vowed to protect the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as M23 rebels advance toward the city,… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Ethiopia: More Aid Reaches Tigray Following Cease-Fire
More international aid is arriving in Ethiopia's Tigray region, ending a months-long blockade after the warring sides agreed to a ceasefire. Read more »
Somalia: Govt Fights Back Against Al-Shabaab Attack On Education Sector
The Somali government said it plans to reopen schools in territories recently recovered from militant group al-Shabab. Read more »
November 15, 2022
Somalia: President Vows to Continue War On Al-Shabaab
Somalia's president has vowed to continue the war against al-Shabab militants in an address to lawmakers in which he also warned of also warned of looming famine in pasrts of the… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Sudan: State of Emergency Declared in Central Darfur After Gunmen Fire On Mediators
Sudan's Central Darfur state has declared a state of emergency after gunmen opened fire on mediators tasked with settling an inter-communal dispute, killing 24 people. Read more »
East Africa: United States Doubles Reward for 3 Al-Shabaab Leaders to U.S.$10 Million
The U.S. government has announced increased rewards of up to $10 million for information that helps find three leaders of Somali terrorist group al-Shabab. The three include the… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Somalia: Somali Military - Soldiers Repel Al-Shabaab Attack
Somalia's military says it has repelled an attack by al-Shabab militants on the outskirts of a town in central Somalia. Authorities said at least three soldiers were wounded in the… Read more »
November 10, 2022
East Africa: Kenya's Dadaab Camp Braces for Increased Somali Refugee Arrivals
Aid groups in Kenya say tens of thousands of additional refugees from Somalia are expected to arrive in coming weeks, as Somalia and the Horn of Africa deal with an ongoing severe… Read more »
November 09, 2022
South Sudan: UN Peace Chief Roots for Lasting Peace in South Sudan
The United Nations head of peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has wrapped up a visit to South Sudan where he called for greater efforts to stabilize the war-torn… Read more »
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Militants Are Widening Revenue Base - Experts
U.N. experts say the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has widened its revenue stream beyond its traditional activities, like charging tolls at checkpoints, to illegally… Read more »
Somalia: Military Liberates Key Town, Villages From Al-Shabab Militants
Somalia's military says it has liberated more territory from al-Shabab, including a strategic town that had been under the group's control for 15 years. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Somalia: Telecommunications Center, Tower Destroyed in Explosion
Somalia's largest telecommunications company, Hormuud Telecom, says one of its centers and a telecommunications tower have been destroyed in an explosion in Qaayib, a village in… Read more »
Africa: UN Agencies Raise Concern Over Refugee Influx Into Malawi
U.N. agencies in Malawi say an influx of hundreds of refugees escaping fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo is straining already scarce resources at Malawi's largest… Read more »
Somalia: Somali Military Repels Al-Shabab Attack On Army Base
Somalia's military says it has repulsed an attack by al-Shabab militants on a military base in the country's central Galgaduud region. Read more »
November 06, 2022
Somalia: Somali Government Says 21 Al-Shabab Militants Killed
The Somali government Sunday said its elite soldiers have killed 21 al-Shabab militants and wounding 10 others in an operation in the country's lower Shabelle region. Read more »
November 04, 2022
Ethiopia: Aid Groups Ready to Deliver Aid to Tigray After Ceasefire
Aid groups say they are ready to deliver much-needed food and medicine to Ethiopia's northern Tigray region after the warring sides agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday. Read more »
Somalia: Somali Military Reports 100 Аl-Shabab Militants Killed
Somalia's military says its latest offensive against al-Shabab in the central part of the country Thursday killed more 100 of the extremist group's militants. Witnesses report… Read more »
Malawi: Refugees in Malawi Seize WFP Vehicle in Protest Over Food Rations
Refugees in Malawi's Dzaleka camp who were removed from a food rations list have protested and seized a World Food Program vehicle. Read more »
November 05, 2022
Somalia: Suicide Bomb Blast in Somali Capital Kills Several People
A suicide bomber targeted a military training facility Saturday evening in the southern part of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing or wounding several people. Read more »
November 04, 2022
Cameroon: Govt Reports Influx of Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram Attacks
Cameroon says more than 1,000 Nigerians have crossed the country's border in the past three weeks - fleeing attacks by Boko Haram militants in northeast Borno state. Cameroon's… Read more »
Ethiopia: Rights Group Calls Ethiopian, Tigrayan Truce a 'Crucial Opportunity'
Human Rights Watch said Friday that a truce reached by Ethiopia and Tigrayan authorities earlier in the week "provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Government, Tigrayan Forces Agree to End Fighting
November 4 marks two years since war broke out in Ethiopia's Tigray region between Tigrayan forces and the federal government and its regional allies, including neighboring… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia Peace Deal Hailed As First Step to End Africa's Deadliest Conflict
World leaders are reacting with cautious optimism after the announcement of a peace deal and a cease-fire between warring parties in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Read more »
November 02, 2022
Nigeria: IDP Camp Closures Deepen Desperation in Borno State, Rights Group Says
The closure of camps for people displaced by Islamist militants in Nigeria's Borno state has pushed more than 200,000 people into extreme poverty, a rights group says. Read more »
East Africa: Militants Carjack Ambulance, Abduct Patient, Paramedics On Kenya-Somalia Border
A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country's northeast and abducted four people - the driver, two paramedics, and a patient -… Read more »