At least 136 people have been killed in attacks by suspected armed rebels in central Mali, according to new reports by government agencies. According to the report, members of the Katiba Macina armed group known to be affiliated with al-Qaeda attacked three villages in the rural area of Bankass on the night between Saturday and Sunday, […]Read More
At least 40 rebel fighters have been killed at a Niger/Burkina Faso border in a military operation by the French military. A recently released statement after the attack on Thursday shared that the French military was profoundly pleased with the successful operation, calling it a “new tactical success” for France’s counterterrorism efforts in Africa’s Sahel […]Read More
More than 690 people have fled their homes following intensifying conflict between the Senegalese army and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance in the country’s southern region. Since the Senegalese military launched an offensive against the separatist group, more than 6,000 villagers in Casamance and surrounding villages have abandoned their homes to seek refuge […]Read More
In recent years, the intensifying conflict between the DRC’s military and rebel groups has forced millions of Congolese people to flee their country with hopes to escape the violence and hunger. While many have fled to neighbouring countries like Uganda and Rwanda, others have remained in Internally Displaced Person’s Camps, making the country home to […]Read More
Up to 40 Boko Haram insurgents were killed on Tuesday night by soldiers of the Nigerien army on an island in Lake Chad, on the borders of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, an estimated 100 Boko Haram fighters arrived on the island in four large dugout […]Read More
Rwanda would receive about 50 asylum seekers from the UK at the end of May, a month after both countries signed a controversial immigration deal that re-routes illegal migrants from the UK to the East African country for processing. According to Rwanda’s deputy government spokesman Alain Mukurarinda, the first batch of 50 migrants would be […]Read More
Authorities have reported an attack on a military base in eastern Burkina Faso that claimed the lives of seven soldiers, leaving over 12 others injured. According to a statement by the army, a counter-attack successfully neutralized 15 attackers trying to flee after the attack in Madjoari in Kompienga province on Thursday, while the injured soldiers […]Read More
ADH Twitter Space is a monthly forum hosted by Orodata Science whose mission is to continue to democratize data, and knowledge towards solutions that impact the lives of millions. The Africa Data Hub (ADH) seeks to support and promote quality access to information, data-driven journalism to facilitate evidence-based decision-making about the pandemic across the continent. The […]Read More
At least 48 people have died after heavily armed men attacked three villages in Zamfara State, according to local authorities. The administrative head of the Bakura district where the villages are located, Amin Suleiman, told reporters that the gunmen arrived in the villages on motorcycles, shooting sporadically at villagers trying to flee. “A total of […]Read More
An official report from the army has shared the gruesome murder of at least 14 people after rebels attacked a displaced people’s camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Army spokesman Jules Ngongo Tsikudi said on Tuesday that rebels raided a site outside the town of Fataki in the Djugu region of eastern Ituri […]Read More