November 01, 2022
Somalia: Death Toll Rises to 121 in Al-Shabaab Attacks
The death toll from two al-Shabab bombings in Mogadishu has risen to 121, Somalia's Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, said Tuesday. Read more »
Somalia: Govt Promises U.S.$1 Million to Support Victims of Saturday's Bombings
Somalia's government has promised support for victims of the twin bombings in the capital Saturday that killed at least 100 people and injured close to 300 others. Saturday's… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Nigeria: President Meets Security Chiefs Amid Terror Alerts By Foreign Missions
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is holding emergency meetings Monday with security chiefs after several foreign missions issued terror warnings last week for the capital,… Read more »
October 29, 2022
Somalia: First Responders Injured in Somalia Double-Bombing
A journalist was among those killed, and media workers and first responders were injured in a double car bombing Saturday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Read more »
October 30, 2022
Somalia: At Least 100 Killed in Mogadishu Bombing, President Says
There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia Saturday. Read more »
October 28, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Rights Experts Warn Atrocities Will Grow in Ethiopia's Tigray Without Peace
A commission of independent U.N. experts examining rights violations and atrocities in the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region says that without an end to the fighting, the risk of… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Somalia: Two ISIS Militants Executed in Mogadishu
Somali officials on Wednesday executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Targets Al-Shabaab in Somalia Airstrike, Killing 2
A U.S. military airstrike has targeted al-Shabab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces, killing two, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Read more »
South Africa: Ethiopia-Tigray Peace Talks Underway in South Africa
South Africa's presidential spokesman said Tuesday that the first round of peace talks on Ethiopia's Tigray region have begun. Few other details have been released, and so far… Read more »
Africa: Security Forum Focuses On Stability Challenges in Africa
Policymakers from around the world met Monday and Tuesday in Senegal to discuss Africa's most pressing security challenges. This year, attendees of an annual conference focused on… Read more »
Somalia: Death Toll Climbs to 11 Following Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack
The siege at the Tawakal hotel marked al-Shabab's second major attack in Somalia this month amid an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Cameroon: Authorities Say Cholera Hits Minawao, a Nigerian Refugee Camp
Authorities in Cameroon say they are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in an overcrowded refugee camp on its northern border with Nigeria. In the past week, three people… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Ethiopia: African Union Peace and Security Council Meets On Tigray War
The African Union's Peace and Security Council is meeting Friday to discuss the escalating war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. Read more »
October 23, 2022
Somalia: Govt Forces End Al-Shabaab Hotel Siege
Somali security forces say they have ended a seven-hourlong siege on a popular hotel in the coastal town of Kismayo. Read more »
October 20, 2022
Cameroon: Military Arrests Soldiers for Human Rights Violations
Cameroon's military said several soldiers have been arrested for torturing a suspected separatist general and fighters, following deadly fighting in the northwestern village of… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Botswana: Botswana Expresses Concerns Over Influx of Asylum Seekers
Botswana has expressed concern over an influx of asylum seekers who fled from countries where they had already been granted refugee status. Nearly 700 refugees have arrived from… Read more »
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Key Bridges, Kills At Least 21 People
At least 21 people were killed in two separate bombings in the central Hirshabelle state of Somalia, officials said. Read more »
October 18, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Forces Seize Three Towns in Northern Tigray
Ethiopian government forces and their allies have captured the city of Shire and two more towns in the Tigray region in an offensive that aims to take control of airports and… Read more »
Ethiopia: UN Rights Chief - Fighting in Tigray Taking Toll On Civilians
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, says the escalating hostilities in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region are taking a devastating toll on the civilian… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Floods Kill More Than 600, Slows Shipments of Essentials
The death toll from heavy flooding in Nigeria has now surpassed 600, with more than 1 million people displaced from their homes. The flooding has covered farms and roads and slowed… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Cameroon: Thousands Protest Separatist Attacks, Seek Release Of Abducted Clergy
Thousands of people protested Monday against separatist attacks and abductions at schools and churches. Demonstrators demanded to know the whereabouts of scores of people,… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Cameroon: Armed Separatists Prevent Health Workers From Assisting Monkeypox Patients
A monkeypox outbreak has been confirmed in the town of Mbonge, health authorities in Cameroon say, but armed separatists are preventing workers from investigating suspected cases. Read more »
October 11, 2022
East Africa: Somalia - Lifting Arms Embargo Key to Battling Militants
Somalia is getting support for its campaign to have an arms embargo lifted after Ethiopia joined Uganda in backing the action. The U.N. Security Council is set to vote in November… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Ethiopia: African Union Peace Talks on Tigray Postponed
Diplomats say African Union-sponsored peace talks planned for this weekend between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan rebels have been delayed due to logistical… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Somalia: Militias in Central Somalia Mobilise Against Al-Shabaab
For years, Somali clans and villages have tried to resist demands from the Islamist group al-Shabab, which can include taxes called "zakat," plus livestock, weapons and boys they… Read more »