Four French soldiers arrested in the Central African Republic (CAR) on suspicion of planning to assassinate the country’s president have been released. The arrest of the soldiers, members of the MINUSCA peacekeeping force in the CAR, had sparked condemnation from the UN. “The 4 staff members of MINUSCA arrested at Bangui airport have just been...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – More than 80 protesters have been killed and 135 others arrested in Sudan since the Oct. 25 military takeover, according to top UN human rights official Adama Dieng on Thursday. Dieng told a press conference in the capital Khartoum that 13 Sudanese women have reportedly been raped, of which one case […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco has built a new military zone near border with Algeria, according to a local military publication on Wednesday. The Royal Armed Forces magazine said in its February edition that the military zone aims “to ensure consistency of the command, control and support among the Moroccan forces and to offer further [&hellip...
One Ethiopian soldier was killed and two others wounded in a bomb blast targeting peacekeeping forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). A landmine was planted near a well in Wajid, a town in southwestern Somalia, used frequently by Ethiopian soldiers deployed in the area. “The explosion killed one soldier on the spot. […...
Dissenters and anti government opponents in Uganda are often picked up by state authorities and detained. Many are also subjected to torture while in detention. One of these people is John Mukasa, 29, who is being treated for injuries through torture while in detention in the central Uganda district of Wakiso. “I was released a […]
Burkina Faso’s technical commission tasked with drafting a charter and a roadmap for the transitional period on Wednesday handed over its report to junta leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba. Chaired by Mariame Ouattara, the commission was tasked with setting the framework for the political transition revolving around the restoration of territori...
West Africa’s mediator in the Mali crisis, Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday said it was imperative for the country to return to democratic rule as soon as possible. He made the comments a day after Mali’s army-dominated legislature approved a plan allowing the military that seized power in August 2020 to stay in office for another [&h...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese protesters staged fresh demonstrations in the central city of Madani on Tuesday to demand full civilian rule and the release of political prisoners. “Yes to civil democratic rule” and “Freedom, peace and justice” were among banners waved by protesters as they marched in the city, according to an Anadolu Agency [...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Seven militants were killed in a military operation in eastern Algeria on Saturday, according to the country’s Defense Ministry. A ministry statement said a cache of weapons, ammunitions, and communication devices was seized during the operation in the Wadi El-Dawwar forest in the Skikda state. No information was provid...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least 10 people were killed and more than 15 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in central Somalia on Saturday, a security official said. The suicide bomber hit a busy restaurant in Beledweyne, the provincial capital of Hiran, a security official told Anadolu Agency over phone on […]
