The country's largest city and main economic hub Bata was hit by four explosions on February 7, 2021, eyewitnesses have said. The cause of the blasts remains unknown. The Ministry ... Read more »

Hundreds of civilians in Mozambique have been unlawfully killed by the armed group known locally as 'Al-Shabaab', government security forces and a private military company hired by ... Read more »

A war of words has broken out over Eritrea's role in the Ethiopian federal government's assault on its northern Tigray province, in particular on the reported massacre last ... Read more »

Ugandan politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says he will not hand over his new armored vehicle to the government for fresh inspection as demanded by the ... Read more »

An attack on the village of Ebam in the South-West region was one of the worst by Cameroon's army in recent years, says Human Right Watch. On March 1, 2020, soldiers raped at least ... Read more »

The U.S. has reportedly stationed the first naval ship to Eastern Africa in over a decade to boost maritime security and allow freedom of navigation in the region, two months after ... Read more »

  Speaking on the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers - or Red Hand Day - the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, ... Read more »

Mozambican police sources say recruits were attracted to the insurgent cause, not because of any religious or ideological conviction, but because they have been promised large sums ... Read more »

President Muhammadu Buhari has raised a number of eyebrows with his latest move when he appointed immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. The official opposition ... Read more »

The worsening security situation in Nigeria has forced President Muhammadu Buhari to respond to the call to replace his four service chiefs. General Gabriel Olonisakin, chief of ... Read more »