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CAR Declares Ceasefire In War With Rebel Forces
President of Central Africa Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the fight against armed groups in the country saying he hoped it would lead to peaceful dialogue. The country has seen recurrent rounds of rebel violence since former President Francois Bozize was deposed in 2013. Armed groups control large swaths of territory,…
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187 Victims Rescued From Bandits In Northwest Nigeria
Security agents in Nigeria have rescued nearly 200 kidnapped people during raids on camps of criminal gangs popularly known as bandits in northwest Nigeria. The Nigerian police said the rescued victims, 187 men including women and children, were kidnapped in separate bandit attacks in and around Zamfara state. Pictures and video circulated by police to…
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14 Soldiers Killed In Burkina Faso By Suspected Jihadists
The defence ministry has announced the gruesome killing of 14 military personnel in the country’s northern region plagued by Islamist violence. “The military detachment of Yirgou in the Centre-Nord region’s Barsalogho department was ‘the target of a terrorist attack’ around 0500 GMT on Monday”, Junior defence minister General Aime Barthelemy Simpore said. “Fourteen soldiers were…
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NGO Reports Dehumanizing Detention Of Over 5000 Migrants In Libya
A human rights worker for the Norwegian Refugee Council has reported the detention of up to 5,000 refugees in Lybia since Friday, October 1, 2021. The allegations were made on Sunday, after a crackdown on Friday by the Libyan police force against migrants. “This is the largest crackdown on migrants in Libya that we’ve seen in…
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At least 30 People Killed In Attacks In Kaduna State
34 people have been killed by suspected jihadists in two separate attacks in Kaduna state since Sunday. “Unidentified men attacked (Sunday) the village of Madamai in Kaura district … 34 residents were killed in the attack. Seven were injured,” Kaduna State security chief Samuel Aruwan said in a statement Monday. “Soldiers were dispatched to the…
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WHO Staff Members Accused Of Sex Abuse In DRC
An investigation authorized by the World Health Organization has uncovered over 80 cases of sex abuse by staff members transferred to the Democratic Republic Of Congo (DRC) in response to an Ebola outbreak. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appointed the panel’s co-chairs to investigate the claims last October after media reports said unnamed humanitarian officials…
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Suicide Car Bomb Kills Over Eight People In Somalia
A suicide car bomber has killed more than eight people at a security checkpoint close to the presidential palace in the Somali capital, in an attack that has now been claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group. The attack targeting a convoy going into the presidential palace exploded at a checkpoint close to the airport in…
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Authorities Extend Telecoms Blackout In Zamfara State
New reports claim that the Nigerian security forces in Zamfara and neighbouring states have launched one of their largest operations against the armed gangs, known locally as bandits, hence an extension of the shutdown on all telecommunication services in the states. Last week, shocking reports hit the media space detailing a violent takeover of bandits…
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High Profile Boko Haram Member Yawi Modu Arrested In Borno
The Nigerian army on Thursday announced that its troops had arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram extremist group in northern Borno State. Army spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu said Yawi Modu was arrested along the Damboa-Wajiroko road, a notorious route where both the extremists and Nigerian troops have recorded casualties over the years. Nwachukwu added…
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Suspected ADF Rebels Kill Dozens In Northeast DR Congo
UN sources have revealed at least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sources are suspecting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group of carrying out the attack in the Ituri area on Saturday. Dieudonne Malangayi, acting chairman of the chiefdom of Walese Vonkutu, initially…