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Italy PM named in complaint over freed Libya police head
Feb 03, 2025 (AFP)
Lam Magok, a migrant from South Sudan, alleges that he was imprisoned in a Tripoli detention centre run by Osama Almasri Najim -- who is wanted by the Internati...
Artillery attack kills at least 50 at Sudanese market
Feb 01, 2025 (UPI)
At least 158 more people were injured in the attacks, which were carried out by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group, according to government officials. ...
US conducted air strikes on IS targets in Somalia, Trump says
Feb 01, 2025 (AFP)
"This morning I ordered precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia," Trump said on Tr...
At least 56 killed as fighting grips Sudan's capital
Feb 01, 2025 (AFP)
Sudan's regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a battle for power since April 2023 that has intensified this month wit...
Chad leader welcomes 'complete' departure of French forces
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
After a closed-door military ceremony a day earlier, Deby addressed Chadian forces and diplomats at an event in the capital N'Djamena. The handover of the Kosse...
DRC foreign minister accuses Rwanda of illegal occupation amid M23 conflict
Jan 31, 2025 (UPI)
Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner made the claim to the BBC, saying that she believed Rwanda was attempting to orchestrate a regime change in the DRC a...
A Dream Deferred Why Is Traveling Across Africa So Hard for Africans
Jan 30, 2025 (SPX)
To travel across the continent he calls home, he needs 35 visas - each a bureaucratic hurdle and a reminder of the barriers to free movement and trade in Africa...
France hands over last base in Chad amid withdrawal
Jan 30, 2025 (AFP)
The central African country in late November abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial ruler, and French troops began leaving the country in ...
Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitaries
Jan 30, 2025 (AFP)
In a statement, the army said troops had "cleansed" the city of Umm Rawaba of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Umm Rawaba sits on a key highway link...
UN warns of ethnic attacks in eastern DR Congo
Jan 28, 2025 (AFP)
The warning came as the M23 armed group backed by Rwandan troops took control of the airport in the besieged Congolese city of Goma, a security source said, put...
Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries
Jan 26, 2025 (AFP)
"Our forces are in their best condition," Abdel Fattah al-Burhan told army commanders at the headquarters close to the city centre and airport. The army's recap...
U.N. chief warns of rebel advances in Democratic Republic of Congo
Jan 24, 2025 (UPI)
Guterres demanded the Rwanda-backed group "to immediately cease its offensive, withdraw from all occupied areas and abide by the 31 July 2024 ceasefire agreemen...
Sudan army breaks paramilitary siege on Khartoum HQ, reclaims oil refinery
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
In a statement, the army said troops in Bahri (Khartoum North) and Omdurman across the Nile River had "merged with our forces stationed at the General Command o...
Italy defends expulsion of wanted Libya police chief
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi defended before parliament the release on Tuesday of Osama Najim, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) fo...
ICC confirms wanted arrest of freed Libya police chief
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
The Hague-based court said in a statement that Italian authorities had arrested the suspect in Turin on Sunday, but reportedly released him Tuesday "without pri...
Fears of fighters loyal to IS linger near DR Congo-Uganda border
Jan 21, 2025 (AFP)
The two abandoned buildings are a distant reminder of the presence of the ADF, an armed militia with Ugandan origins that for years has plagued the DRC's east w...
Gabon adopts new electoral code in key step towards polls
Jan 21, 2025 (AFP)
Transitional president General Brice Oligui Nguema has vowed a return to civilian rule after a transition period with a presidential election slated for August,...
Eight illegal miners killed in Ghana in clashes with soldiers: army
Jan 19, 2025 (AFP)
Around 60 miners, armed with rifles, machetes and pump-action guns had forced their way past the security fence at the mine late Saturday night, said an army st...
US sanctions Sudanese Armed Forces head; Blinken regrets failure to end war
Jan 17, 2025 (UPI)
Burhan and his Sudanese Armed Forces have been at war with Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa and his breakaway Rapid Support Forces since April of 2023, killing ...
US sanctions leader of Sudan's armed forces
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it had sanctioned Abdel Fattah al-Burhan over attacks by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) following the outbr...
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