Category: Africa

A military spokesperson in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo said two Rwandan soldiers were captured by villagers, just a day after Kigali claimed they were captured by pro-government rebels. The Rwandan soldiers – Elysee Nkundabagenzi and Ntwari Gad – were captured by resident of Bwisha chiefdom, about 20km away from the border, according to Gen […]

Uganda’s General David Sejusa is set to retire from the military after over two decades of tense relations with President Yoweri Museveni. His first bid to retire in 1996 was rejected by the army leadership, reported the Daily Monitor, and was followed by a string of run-ins with the authorities. Gen Sejura fled to exile […]

Nigeria’s police cyber-crime unit has arrested a 37-year-old man alleged to be the head of a transnational cyber-crime syndicate. According to a statement by Interpol, the syndicate launched mass phishing campaigns and business email compromise schemes targeting companies and individual victims. The Nigerian was arrested at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos in an operation […]

Bodies of four miners have been found in a zinc mine in Burkina Faso after 39 days of search, a government spokesperson said. Eight miners got trapped hundreds of metres underground by flood waters last month in the Canadian-owned mine in Perkoa. Rescue operations were launched soon after to locate them. The mine has a […]

The Rwandan army says several civilians have been injured in cross-border shelling by troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo. It said it had asked a regional team of military observers, the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism, to conduct an urgent investigation. PRESS RELEASE: RDF REQUESTS INVESTIGATION OF THE FORCES ARMÉES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU […]

The wife of a prominent Ethiopian war general who went missing earlier this week in the capital, Addis Ababa, says she can confirm that he was under detention in a northern city. Brigadier General Tefera Mamo was a former commander of the Amhara Special Forces that are allied to the federal army in its fight […]

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the redeployment of US forces in Somallia where al-Shabab attacks had heightened due to a prolonged electoral crisis. US President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Monday plans to send about 600 American forces to support targeted operations against al-Shabab militants. This came a day after Somali MPs elected Mohamud […]

The United Nations says the number of severely malnourished children worldwide is rising because of the combined effects of the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and armed conflicts. The UN children’s fund, Unicef, added that treating them was becoming more expensive because of the rising cost of therapeutic food. The agency highlighted two regions – Afghanistan […]

Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets in the capital, Tunis, on Sunday to protest against President Kais Saied’s political measures and rising food prices. A co-ordinator from the Citizens against the coup coalition – one of the protest organisers – told the state broadcaster that they rejected the country’s “new constitution” that was “drawn […]

The Tunisian government has denied that the former prime minister, Hamadi Jebali, has been arrested. On Thursday, a post on his Facebook page said Jebali had been detained by the security forces. The Islamist Ennahda party also demanded his release. But the interior ministry now says it’s investigating a factory on land owned by the […]