Maputo, Mozambique’s military said Sunday a “significant” number of militants had been killed during a battle over a key northern town and gas hub captured by the Islamic State last month. Palma was seized by the jihadists during coordinated attacks on March 24, in what was seen as the biggest escalation of the insurgency ravaging…
A surprising announcement was made today in N’Djamena by former rebel leader Baba Ladé — better known as the “Lion of the Forest”. The former warlord accused of having massacred civilians in CAR, arrested by MINUSCA and then handed over to the Chadian authorities, tried and sentenced to 8 years in prison for war crimes and crimes…
Foreign ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan kicked off negotiations in Kinshasa on Sunday over Addis Ababa’s contestedGrand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, officials said. The dispute over the giant dam, built across this treasured river, has been brewing for around a decade. President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Félix Tshisekedi —…
Angola marked this Sunday 19 years of peace and the end of long-armed conflicts. On April 4 2002, the Angolan government and the main opposition party UNITA put an end to 27 years of war, with the signing of the peace and national reconciliation agreements. A national public holiday celebrated across the country, this year…
• Transparency influenced financing deal for refinery rehabilitation, says NNPC By Emmanuel Addeh The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, known as OPEC+, yesterday resolved to gradually ease its oil output cuts from May till July. Sources said OPEC, which has been implementing deep cuts since oil prices collapsed in 2020 due…
A boat carrying 1,200 survivors of a deadly attack by Islamic State-linked insurgents in northern Mozambique reached safety in the port of Pemba on Thursday, some of them crying on arrival after spending days hiding in the bush. Aid workers were at the crowded port to give food to those disembarking from the green and…
France’s defence chief visited Mali on Thursday and defended a French airstrike there earlier this year that UN investigators said killed 19 civilians attending a wedding celebration. Defence Minister Florence Parly travelled to the Sahel state’s capital Bamako on Wednesday after the probe raised concerns about possible rights violations. Published on Tuesday, a report summarising the investigation’s findings…
On the night of 30 to 31 March, residents of Niamey’s presidential district were awakened by gunfire. “The shooting was intense, there were heavy weapons and small arms,” said one of them. The shots rang out “on Boulevard Mohammed-VI, near the embassies, the presidency and the ministry of foreign affairs,” a diplomatic source said on…
Mozambican military says it still in search for the insurgents that raided Palma, a town of around 75,000 people in the province of Cabo Delgado, northern part of the country. Though Mozambican television footage of the town shows that Palma is almost empty, the military says it believes some remain in hiding and are coordinating…
Libya’s coastguard has intercepted an inflatable boat carrying 138 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s western coast on Wednesday, the country’s navy said. More than half of the migrants were from Sudan, while the rest were from other African countries. Nine women and three children were among the group, an AFP correspondent said. They were all…