Mali vows to defy UN call for peacekeepers to investigate abuses | Armed Groups News
[ad_1] The UN Security Council has extended a nine-year-old UN peacekeeping operation, known as MINUSMA, for another 12 months.Mali says it will defy a United…
Rwandans in DRC stay indoors as rebel attacks spur national anger | Paul Kagame News
[ad_1] Videos of anti-Rwandan protests are circulating on social media as Kinshasa accuses Kigali of backing rebels in the eastern DRC.Life in Kinshasa was going…
Two more abducted Chibok girls freed in Nigeria, military says | Boko Haram News
[ad_1] The girls were found on June 12 and 14 in two different locations by Nigerian troops.Nigerian troops have found two former schoolgirls who were…
East DR Congo violence worsening despite ‘state of siege’ – UN | Armed Groups News
Last April, the DRC declared a state of siege in North Kivu and Ituri provinces due to escalating attacks by militias.Security has deteriorated in two…
Ugandan army discovers training facility for ADF rebels | Armed Groups News
The ADF reportedly carried out a series of bombings in Kampala and elsewhere last November, which killed at least nine people.Uganda’s military says it has…
Nigerian troops find another kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl | Boko Haram News
More than 100 schoolgirls are still missing since their April 2014 abduction in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram.Nigerian soldiers have found one of the more…
Fighting between rival militias rocks Libya’s capital Tripoli | Armed Groups News
The intense fighting involved two influential militias aligned to rival prime ministers vying for power.Clashes between armed groups have erupted in Libya’s capital, according to…
Eleven military policemen killed in northern Burkina Faso | Armed Groups News
The landlocked country has now replaced Mali, birthplace of the conflict in the Sahel, as the epicentre of the crisis.Eleven military policemen have been killed…
‘Last prayer’: Nigerian church massacre survivors recount ordeal | Muhammadu Buhari News
[ad_1] Lagos, Nigeria – Mass had just ended. The choir was singing the closing hymns, waiting for the priest to proceed out of the church…
Two Red Cross workers killed in Mali ambush | Armed Groups News
[ad_1] Concerns about security in Mali have deepened since former coloniser France recently announced the withdrawal of its troops.A vehicle transporting a Red Cross team…