Sudan's security forces fired teargas at protesting teachers on Sunday November 7, 2021 as a two-day nationwide civil disobedience campaign demanding civilian rule began. Civil ... Read more »

The report of a joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the United Nations Human Rights Office accuses parties to the conflict between Tigray and the Read more »

On October 25, 2021 civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok was placed under house arrest for not supporting the latest coup. Justin Willis for The Conversati Read more »

Somalia militia, Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (ASWJ), has agreed to a ceasefire following talks brokered by the local business community, bringing an end to days of bloodshed in the ... Read more »

For the first time in 17 years, the Gulf of Guinea and the Nigerian waters recorded the lowest piracy drop, in the first nine months of 2021, writes Evelyn Usman for Vanguard. ... Read more »

Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor has said that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is dead. ... Read more »

The African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council said in a statement that it has endorsed an independent assessment team's recommendation for a hybrid operation that would ... Read more »

At the end of a two-day visit to the Sahel, France's defence minister warned Mali against hiring paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner, RFI reports. Floren Read more »

Since Burkina Faso began its war against armed groups linked to Islamic State, Al-Qaeda and local bandits seven years ago, at least 400 citizens have been arrested on suspicion of ... Read more »

The military mission of the Southern African Development Community in Mozambique (SAMIM) has said it killed the religious leader of Al-Shabaab militants in Cabo Delgado. According ... Read more »