Sudan: No Hope for Peace As War in Sudan Intensifies

The UN warns of destabilization in Sudan as peace talks have run into a dead end. According to experts, the warring parties have no interest in reaching a truce but seek to… Read more »

Sudan: Over Three Million Displaced By Conflict, UN Says

According to the estimates from the International Organization for Migration, Egypt is hosting the largest number of those who fled -- more than a quarter of a million people. Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan - Returned Refugees Face a Bleak Future

The war in Sudan has forced thousands of South Sudanese, who had fled the conflict in their own country, to return home. They have settled in camps for the internally displaced… Read more »

Libya: Migrants Trapped in Libya - 'I'm Determined to Try Again'

There are close to 700,000 foreigners living in Libya, many of them migrants who'd like to make their way to Europe. Some of those who were turned back want to try again. Read more »

Sudan: At Least 22 People Killed in Airstrike On Omdurman

It is one of the in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between Sudan's rival generals. Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan's Post-Independence Journey Marked By Challenges

After decades of struggle, South Sudan declared independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011. In the past 12 years, the country has experienced some achievements but still faces… Read more »

West Africa: Canary Island Migrant Route to Spain Proves Deadly Again

Dozens of people have drowned or disappeared in the past weeks crossing from West Africa to the Canary Islands as Spain and Morocco attract criticism for slow sea rescues. Read more »

Mali: The Withdrawal of MINUSMA Peacekeeping Mission - A Foreseeable Disaster

Pressured by the Malian military junta, the UN Security Council has decided to withdraw all MINUSMA peacekeepers by the end of this year. What are the consequences? Read more »

Sudan: Army Echoes Top General's Call for Volunteers As Paramilitary Force Holds On

It is unclear if the Sudanese army's call for fighting volunteers is a forced conscription. Meanwhile, fighting between the army and the paramilitary RSF has persisted in the… Read more »

Africa: Wagner Group in Africa - What's Its Future After the Mutiny?

Russia's presence in Africa heavily depends on the Wagner Group, headed by Yevgeny Prighozin. But now there is uncertainty about the private military company's role after its… Read more »

Africa: UN Peacekeepers Increasingly Unwelcome

UN peacekeeping missions in Africa are struggling to restore peace and stability to the nations in which they operate. Some African states want them out. Read more »

Mali: UN Ends Peace Mission, U.S. Blames Russia's Wagner

Mali's relations with the West have deteriorated sharply since a 2020 military coup in the country. The junta has rallied behind Russia and brought in the paramilitary Wagner Group… Read more »

Africa: Why Do So Many African Nations Want UN Troops Out?

UN peacekeeping missions in Africa are struggling to restore peace and stability to the nations in which they operate. Some African states want them out and experts have warned of… Read more »

Africa: Russia's Wagner Group in Africa - More Than Mercenaries

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the recent actions of the Wagner Group and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin a "betrayal" that will be punished. Read more »

West Africa: Militants Selling Rustled Cattle in Ghana

Stolen livestock from some West African nations have been finding their way into local markets in Ghana. Security experts are concerned that porous borders are facilitating the… Read more »

Morocco: Amnesty Accuses Spain, Morocco of Cover-Up in Melilla Deaths

One year since tens of migrants and refugees died in a crush at the border between Spain and Morocco, Amnesty International has accused the two countries of a "cover-up." Read more »

Nigeria: How Rural Violence Spoils Nigeria's Harvest

Violent extremism and climate change are driving crop growers and stock farmers from their fields in Nigeria. That's a major headache for new President Bola Tinubu. Read more »

Sudan: Ceasefire Takes Effect Ahead of Donor Summit

Residents of Khartoum say they hope the latest 3-day truce will hold, allowing the delivery of humanitarian aid. A summit in Geneva to raise $3 billion for those impacted by the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: What One More Massacre in DR Congo Says About MONUSCO

The end of the UN peacekeeping mission to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is being heralded. But the massacre at a camp for displaced people on Sunday points to failures,… Read more »

Sudan: New Ceasefire After Khartoum Airstrikes Kill 17

The warring factions in Sudan's more than nine-week-long war have agreed another cease-fire, mediators say, shortly after deadly airstrikes hit the capital. All previous truces… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - 17 Killed in Khartoum Airstrikes

Though it is unclear which side was behind the attack, five children were among those killed by airstrikes in Sudan. Meanwhile, medics in Chad have complained of the "overwhelming"… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Propose 'Confidence-Building' to Defuse Ukraine-Russia Conflict

African leaders and senior politicians from seven countries are visiting Ukraine and Russia to find some middle ground for the warring parties to start peace talks. Read more »

Uganda: Death Toll Rises in School Attack Near DR Congo Border

Authorities said 41 people were killed when an Islamic State-aligned group attacked a school in the nation's west. Read more »

Mali: Mali Orders UN Peacekeeping Mission to Leave

Mali's foreign minister has accused the UN mission of failing to respond to security challenges. The peacekeeping mission was established in 2013 to stabilize the country amid a… Read more »

Uganda: Dozens Dead in Attack On School

Police in Uganda said 25 people were killed when the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a school in the nation's west. Read more »