A soldier with the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) was killed and six others were injured when SAMIM forces raided insurgents in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado Province.
The causalities occurred during a joint operation conducted by SAMIM, Mozambique’s Special Police, and the country’s Defence Armed Forces (FADM) on 9 June.
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee pressed the Sudanese military leaders to restore the civilian-led government adding that it was crucial for the resumption of economic aid.
A court refused two appeals Monday, clearing the way for Britain to begin implementing the controversial plan to process and resettle people who crossed the English Channel to get to England.
The British government planned to proceed on Tuesday with flying immigrants to Rwanda for processing and resettlement, after a court blocked two appeals to the contentious plan on Monday, according to Care4Calais, one of the aid groups involved in the appeal.
Plus de vingt-cinq mille personnes déplacées et retournées auraient été contraints de fuir les combats entre l’armée congolaise et les terroristes du M23 dans le territoire de Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu), dans la partie Est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), ont indiqué lundi 13 janvier les Nations unies.
Le bilan des récentes violences au Darfour, dans l’ouest du Soudan, s’élève à plus de 125 morts et 50.000 personnes déplacées, affirme l’ONU dans un communiqué publié mardi.
Une arrivée à moto, des fouilles maison par maison et des exécutions sommaires: au Niger, des rescapés racontent le même scénario implacable de la terreur des attaques jihadistes.
“Les jihadistes sont arrivés au crépuscule. Ils ont rassemblé les hommes, en ont trié cinq et les ont exécutés par balle”, raconte Hawa, qui a fui le village de Bolsi (sud-ouest) tout proche de la frontière du Burkina Faso, pour se réfugier dans la ville de Torodi.
When Mali’s government saw Tuareg separatists and jihadists storming from the north toward the capital Bamako in 2012, it turned to France—a former colonial power—for help. Operation Serval stopped the advance and was later transformed into a regional counterterrorism operation, dubbed Barkhane. France was gradually joined by other European countries, and the Sahel region had come to host the largest deployment of European forces abroad—with around eight thousand troops.
When Mali’s government saw Tuareg separatists and jihadists storming from the north toward the capital Bamako in 2012, it turned to France—a former colonial power—for help. Operation Serval stopped the advance and was later transformed into a regional counterterrorism operation, dubbed Barkhane. France was gradually joined by other European countries, and the Sahel region had come to host the largest deployment of European forces abroad—with around eight thousand troops.
The Moroccan Navy rescued 385 migrants heading for Spain last week, the official news agency MAP reported on Wednesday. The migrants, including women and minors, are mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, the agency quoted a military statement as saying. They were traveling in several inflatable boats in the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates Africa from Europe. Some of the migrants were in poor health condition and received first aid from the navy, before being brought back to different Moroccan ports, according to the report. Morocco has become a transit country for African migrants seeking to reach Europe for better living conditions. The shortest distance from Morocco’s Mediterranean coasts to Spain is only 14 kilometers at the Strait of Gibraltar.
Une quatrième saison des pluies consécutive ratée, la flambée des prix et une réponse humanitaire sous-financée ont entraîné une augmentation de 160% du nombre de personnes confrontées à des niveaux catastrophiques d’insécurité alimentaire, de faim et de maladie en Somalie, selon une nouvelle évaluation de l’ONU.