The International Criminal Court (ICC) has publicly disclosed an arrest warrant for Iyad Ag Ghaly, a Malian accused of commanding an al-Qaida-linked extremist group responsible for severe atrocities in Timbuktu between 2012 and 2013.
In a letter to the acting chair of the African Union Peace and Security Council, the Somali government requested a postponement in the withdrawal of 2,000 of the 4,000 troops set to depart by June's end, citing the need for a more gradual reduction based on the capabilities of Somali forces.
A report released on Wednesday by the Clingendael Institute has raised alarms over the migration of jihadi fighters, linked to al-Qaida, into northwestern Nigeria from Benin, marking a significant shift in the landscape of regional security
In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, Senegalese customs officials have successfully intercepted three cocaine shipments with a combined value exceeding $50 million in the past five days.
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In a devastating overnight event, a large fire at Chad’s primary military ammunition depot in the Goudji area of the capital, N'Djamena, resulted in the deaths of at least nine people, with another 46 suffering injuries, some critically.
Al-Shabab militants have managed to nullify all territorial gains made by the Somali National Army over the past two years.
It was the latest resurgence of the violence that had declined as security forces, backed by troops from neighboring states, seemed to be getting the situation under control.
An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has claimed responsibility for an attack on June 11 that killed more than 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in the Mansila area near the border with Niger, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.
Pope Francis on Sunday pleaded for an end to violence and civilian deaths in North Kivu, a conflict-stricken province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
An attack blamed on Islamic State-linked rebels has left dozens of people dead in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Beni region, local authorities said on Thursday.
he U.N. Security Council demanded Thursday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) halt their siege on the North Darfur capital, El Fasher, as they are poised to take the last remaining city in Sudan’s Darfur region from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
A senior Kenyan police officer was shot dead after he opened fire at a magistrate in court in the capital, Nairobi. The chief inspector, identified as Samson Kipchirchir Kipruto, was angered by the court's decision to cancel his wife's bail after she had absconded.
According to General Kenneth P. EKMAN, the head of American troops in Niger, this marks the official start of the withdrawal of American military personnel and equipment.
For several days, there had been reports of shells hitting the city's South Hospital, causing injuries and deaths.
The attacks primarily occurred on Friday night in the villages of Masala, Mapasana, and Mahini and were attributed to the ADF according to Lieutenant Colonel Mak Hazukay, an army spokesman in Congo’s North Kivu province.
