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Many Sudanese now fear “all-out civil war”, according to the Forces for Freedom and Change (FLC), the civilian bloc ousted from power in the 2021 putsch led by the two generals, then allies and now at war. Calls to arm civilians are multiplying. In Darfur, already ravaged by a deadly war in the 2000s, local militias, tribal fighters and armed civilians… Read More

On Tuesday, France and Djibouti launched a review of the defense agreement between Paris and this strategically located country on the Horn of Africa. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu received Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Hassan Omar Mohamed Bourhan, Minister of Defense, in Paris, according to a joint statement from the… Read More

The presidential candidate of one of Zimbabwe’s leading opposition parties on Tuesday called on president Emmerson Mnagagwa to set a date for the country’s national elections. Nelson Chamisa said this after confirming his name on the voters’ roll following claims from many voters, including some senior politicians, that their names had been removed or misplaced on it.  “The only concern… Read More

The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan called on Monday for “a new way of working” to tackle war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Armed groups have plagued much of mineral-rich eastern DRC for three decades, a legacy of regional wars that flared in the 1990s and 2000s, and underreported conflicts simmer elsewhere in the vast central… Read More

South Africa’s main opposition party said on Tuesday that it had taken legal action to ensure that Vladimir Putin would be arrested if he set foot in the country, where he is due to attend a summit in August. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is asking the courts for “an order” stipulating that if Mr Putin arrives in South Africa to… Read More

Some Sudanese people who had fled home due to the fighting that erupted in Khartoum last month, ended up living in a center for the displaced in Wad Madani, some 186 kilometers south of Khartoum. The Shaimaa shelter accommodates families through youth-led initiatives that have spread information online to help people find a place to stay. Fatima Adam, who left… Read More

Uganda’s new anti-gay law has elicited mixed reactions in the east African country. President Yoweri approved the revised bill on Monday, prompting threats of sanctions and aid cuts from the United States and European countries. A section of Ugandans say the anti-homosexuality legislation is the least of the country’s priorities. “It is not what we need right now. The kind… Read More

Sudan’s warring sides agreed Monday to extend a shaky ceasefire after coming under pressure from mediators. The five-day extension of the truce between Sudan’s military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was announced in a joint statement late on Monday by Saudi Arabia and the United States. Clashes had rocked the capital Khartoum Monday, the last day… Read More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was meeting Kenyan leaders on Monday on a surprise visit to Nairobi, as Moscow and Kyiv both seek to bolster support from African nations over the war in Ukraine. Lavrov’s trip to the East African powerhouse comes on the heels of a trip to the continent last week by his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. “During… Read More

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a judge to oversee an inquiry into allegations that the country supplied arms to Russia on a ship that docked secretly at a naval base in December. The allegations were made this month by the United States’ ambassador to South Africa, who said he was sure that weapons and ammunition were loaded onto… Read More