Côte d’Ivoire’s two main opposition parties have called for daily nationwide protests less than two weeks before the presidential election, after their leaders, Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, were barred from contesting against incumbent President Alassane Ouattara. Security forces dispersed a banned march in Abidjan with tear gas, arresting 237 people and injuring several others. […]
A mutinied army unit in Madagascar has declared that it took control of all military forces, as President Andry Rajoelina described the situation as an “attempt to seize power illegally”. An army unit known as CAPSAT joined thousands of protesters in the city in a major shift in a more than two-week anti-government youth-led protest […]
The head of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has condemned a deadly attack on a police station in Benin, which claimed the lives of several members of the security forces. The incident is reported to have taken place on October 5, near the country’s border with neighboring Nigeria. Youssouf said the attack underscores […]
Geneva, Switzerland — The United Nations Human Rights Council has officially endorsed a resolution allowing Somalia to resume full national oversight of its human rights responsibilities, ending over three decades of international monitoring since 1993. The landmark decision, passed during a council session in Geneva, also ends the appointment of a UN-appointed Independent Expert on […]
President Joseph Boakai has called on all Liberians to take active responsibility in combating drug abuse and trafficking, emphasizing that the crisis affects families, communities, and the nation at large. Speaking on Tuesday at his Executive Mansion office during the turning over of 15 brand new Toyota Hilux pickups to the Liberian Drug Enforcement Agency […]
Mass protests in Madagascar over power cuts, water shortages, and alleged corruption has put President Andry Rajoelina under mounting pressure, as the youth-led Gen Z Madagascar movement gave him until Wednesday night to meet its demands or face a nationwide strike. The group, which led nearly two weeks of demonstrations, demanded the removal of Senate […]
The UN humanitarian affairs office has said the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) opened fire at the Saudi hospital and a local mosque, where displaced families had sought refuge. The Saudi hospital is the last functioning medical facility in the city, serving thousands of war-affected people. The UN and its agencies, including UNFPA, condemned the assaults, […]
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has accused the Eritrean government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) of colluding to “wage war” against Ethiopia, alleging that the two are working together under a new alliance named “Tsimdo.” The ministry also alleges the two were involved in a recent offensive by the Fano militia aimed at […]
Sudanese militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, has been found guilty by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed in Darfur over 20 years ago. Ali Kushayb was one of the leaders of the Janjaweed, a government-backed group that terrorised Darfur, killing hundreds […]
October marks the eighth year since the armed insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province, with attacks occurring on a “near-daily basis” as terrorism continues to pose a serious threat to local communities. Despite responding almost exclusively with a military approach, deploying state forces, private military companies, and foreign troops to Cabo Delgado, the […]
