July 14, 2022
Cameroon: Conflict, Poor Funding Slow Rebuilding in Cameroon
Cameroon is asking for international help to fund the rebuilding of western regions that have been destroyed in five years of conflict with separatists. A plan to construct roads,… Read more »
Somalia: President Speaks to Parents of Troops in Eritrea, Says to Return Soon
Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has met with parents of troops training in Eritrea and promised they will soon return home to fight against the Islamist militant group… Read more »
July 13, 2022
Togo: Experts Aim to Prevent Insurgents From Recruiting Youth
Authorities in Togo are working to prevent their small, West African nation from becoming the next country in the region to struggle with a violent, spreading, Islamist insurgency. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Faces Severe Food Shortage
The International Committee of the Red Cross warns hundreds of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa are going hungry due to conflict, climate shocks, and rising food prices… Read more »
July 08, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace in DRC Means Addressing Root Causes Behind Militias, Say Rights Groups
Leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda meeting in Angola this week agreed to ease tensions and normalize diplomatic relations. The DRC has accused Rwanda of… Read more »
July 07, 2022
Cameroon: Lawmakers Ask for Military Protection in English-Speaking Western Regions
Lawmakers from Cameroon's troubled English-speaking regions are calling for more troops to protect officials, government workers, and their families from separatists. Addressing… Read more »
July 06, 2022
Central African Republic: UN - Combating Impunity Necessary for Reconciliation
A U.N. investigator warns violence will increase and national reconciliation in the Central African Republic will remain elusive as long as the country has persistent corruption… Read more »
Somalia: Separate Blasts Kill 2 in Somalia
Attacks in Somalia have killed a security officer and a man who was released from an Italian prison after being held 16 years in a wrongful conviction case. Read more »
July 05, 2022
Mali: Two UN Peacekeepers Killed, Several Wounded
At least two U.N. peacekeepers from Egypt are dead and more are wounded after their convoy hit an improvised explosive device Tuesday, the United Nations Multidimensional… Read more »
Nigeria: MSF Warns of Looming Malnutrition Crisis in Northeastern Nigeria
The French medical aid group Doctors Without Borders reported a jump in cases of malnourished Nigerian children at its Maiduguri nutrition center in the country's northeast. Read more »
July 04, 2022
Ethiopia: Aid Flows Into Tigray Region As Ethiopia's Humanitarian Truce Holds
A senior UNICEF official says humanitarian aid is flowing into previously inaccessible areas in northern Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region. He says lifesaving aid is reaching… Read more »
June 30, 2022
East Africa: Beijing Seeks Mediator Role in Turbulent Horn of Africa
China is offering to help "silence the guns in the Horn of Africa," an ambitious undertaking given the multiple conflicts in the region, and an indication that Beijing may be… Read more »
June 29, 2022
Africa: African Union Urges Restraint After Ethiopia-Sudan Border Clashes
The African Union called for restraint Wednesday after clashes between Ethiopia and Sudan in a disputed border area. The tensions broke out after Sudan accused Ethiopia of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Government and TPLF Wrangle Over Peace Talks Mediation
Ethiopia's ruling party said this week it wants the African Union, partnering with the United States, to mediate any peace talks to end the war with Tigrayan forces. But the Tigray… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: UN - Well-Armed M23 Rebels Resurgent in DRC
The top U.N. official for the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Wednesday that the resurgent M23 rebel group in the country's east is well-armed and equipped, posing a growing… Read more »
June 28, 2022
Africa: Children in Armed Conflict Subjected to Unspeakable Horrors - UNICEF
The U.N. children's fund says more than 266,000 violations were committed against children in armed conflict between 2005 and 2020. Read more »
Cameroon: Separatists-for-Hire Suspected in Intercommunal Killings
Villagers in a western Cameroon town bordering Nigeria say armed men carried out a series of attacks from June 25 to 27, killing at least 30 people, including five Nigerians, and… Read more »
June 24, 2022
Africa: Ukraine Appeals for Support on War With Russia and Food Crisis
Ukraine's foreign minister says Kyiv is ready to export much-needed grain to Africa as soon as Russia lifts its Black Sea blockade. In a U.S.-arranged online briefing to… Read more »
Cameroon: Govt Deploys Hundreds of Troops to Protect 40,000 People Displaced By Boko Haram
Cameron has deployed hundreds of troops along its border with Nigeria after attacks by Boko Haram militants forced more than 40,000 villagers over the past two months to flee the… Read more »
June 23, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Struggling IDPs Face Dilemma - Stay or Return Home?
Internally displaced persons in northern Ethiopia's Afar region have been leaving some camps due to lack of food and shelter. The U.N., warning that returning home may not prove… Read more »
June 20, 2022
Cameroon: Women Refugees in Cameroon Struggle to Survive
Cameroon hosts about 460,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most of them women and children who escaped violence in the Central African Republic and Nigeria. But while they have… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Africa: UNHCR - Refugee Resettlement Needs Expected to Rise Next Year
The U.N. refugee agency projects more than 2 million refugees will need to be resettled in third countries of asylum in 2023, a 36% increase over this year's 1.47 million. Read more »
June 20, 2022
Nigeria: Nigerian Refugees in Niger Thrive in 'Opportunity Villages'
The west African country of Niger hosts more than 303,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, most fleeing violence from neighboring Nigeria. Read more »
Ethiopia: Locals in Oromia 'Waiting to Die' After Latest Mass Killing
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has condemned the killing of more than 200 people, most of them ethnic Amhara, in the eastern Oromia region. Locals have blamed the killings… Read more »
Africa: China Says It Is Willing to Help End Conflict in Horn of Africa
China's special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing, has said Beijing is ready to help the region's countries find peace and get rid of what he called external interference. Xue… Read more »