Beyond West Africa

The Congolese army FARDC says a UN mission helicopter with eight peacekeepers on board was shot down in the middle of a mission to assess population movements in North Kivu on Tuesday. The incident comes as clashes between the M23…

Several dozen soldiers from the Central African armed forces – FACA – have been officially removed from the national army. The news which broke on Tuesday occurred at the end of February 2022. Usman Umar reports.

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has revealed a reduction of supply from legacy oil and gas fields across Africa, resulting in a decline in production by African hydrocarbon producing countries, and creating a dire need for the increase in exploration…

In Equatorial Guinea, the state broadcaster on Saturday announced that authorities have compensated 84 families of victims of the explosions of March 7, 2021 in a military camp in Bata that had killed 107 people and injured 615. A year…

Fresh protests erupted in Sudan on Sunday to demand full civilian rule, with protesters blocking the main land road with Egypt. Protesters in the Northern State blocked the Sheryan al-Shimal road between Sudan and Egypt in protest of what they…

The United Nations has described the deadly storm that hit southern African countries this week as a reminder of climate crisis realities. This is as death toll from the destruction caused by Storm Ana rises to 86. A BBC report…

A rebel group known as M23 killed more than 20 Congolese soldiers in an attack in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said. According to the sources, the attack was launched on Monday night in Nyesisi,…

A Somali government spokesman was injured on Sunday in what has been described by the country's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble as "odious terrorist attack".  The Spokesman, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu who sustained injuries from the attack was however said to…

Sudanese authorities have revoked the license of Al Jazeera Mubasher TV, citing “unprofessional coverage” of developments in Sudan. The Information Ministry said in a letter to the director of Al Jazeera television in Sudan on Saturday that the move was…

UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) on Monday said millions across the Horn of African region are facing the third season of severe drought. The FAO calls for $138 million to assist 1.5 million vulnerable people affected by the drought…

The UN mission in the Central African Republic noted a significant increase in the use of explosive devices in the northwest on Wednesday. MINUSCA spokesman, Maj. Zouhair El Kandoussi, denounced "a new tactic that had not been demonstrated before by…

Dozens of Sudanese women staged a rally on Tuesday to show solidarity with families of protesters killed by security forces.Demonstrators waved photos of slain protesters during the rally in Omdurman, the twin city of Khartoum, amid calls for bringing perpetrators…