Bodies of migrants recovered in southeast Libya, attorney general says

Libya’s security authorities recovered at least 28 bodies of migrants from a mass grave in the desert in southeast Libya, the country’s attorney general said on its Facebook page on Sunday.

The bodies were found north of Kufra city, the attorney general said, while 76 migrants were freed “from forced detention.”

UN Accuses Sudan Paramilitaries Of Blocking Darfur Aid

The United Nations on Monday accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of blocking aid to the war-torn country’s famine-threatened Darfur region.

The RSF, which has been at war with the regular army since April 2023, controls nearly all of Darfur, a western region the size of France.

Rival factions to announce parallel government in Sudan

A coalition of Sudanese political factions, including some members of the “Tagadum” alliance, the “Qimam” alliance, the National Umma Party, and other groups, are finalizing preparations to form a parallel government in opposition to the current government in Port Sudan.

In Central African Republic, A Campaign Of Terror By Wagner’s Successors – Analysis

Just after noon on January 17, 2023, Privat Damabakizi, 35, and his wife were working in their farm field in a tiny Central African Republic settlement near the border with Cameroon when his brother, Alvin, called him.

Seven armed men wearing camouflage uniforms had just driven up in pickup trucks at Damabakizi’s home in Bouar, a town about 7 kilometers away from the field.

Campaigner for migrants in Libya targeted in spyware attack

Exclusive: Italy-based David Yambio, a critic of Meloni government, was told of attempt to compromise his phone

An Italy-based human rights activist whose work supports the international criminal court in providing evidence about cases of abuse suffered by migrants and refugees held in Libyan detention camps and prisons has revealed that Apple informed him his phone was targeted in a spyware attack

Sudan army plans transitional gov’t and elections as it seeks to recapture Khartoum

The Sudanese army chief has announced plans to form a technocratic wartime government once the capital, Khartoum, is fully recaptured from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

After months of intense fighting, the army has recently made significant strides in regaining control of the city, including areas in the proximity of the symbolic presidential palace along the Nile river. Army head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, addressing army-aligned politicians, emphasized that the new government will be essential for completing military objectives and eradicating rebel forces. He confirmed that no ceasefire would be considered unless the RSF halts its campaign in Darfur.

Wagner’s Successors Wage Campaign Of Terror In Central African Republic, RFE/RL Finds

Just after noon on January 17, 2023, Privat Damabakizi, 35, and his wife were working in their farm field in a tiny Central African Republic settlement near the border with Cameroon when his brother, Alvin, called him.

Seven armed men wearing camouflage uniforms had just driven up in pickup trucks at Damabakizi’s home in Bouar, a town about 7 kilometers away from the field.

Tunisie : 50 000 migrants africains sur le sol tunisien – Pression européenne sur la Tunisie pour garder les migrants

La visite du ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères, David Lamy, en Tunisie dernièrement a suscité un large débat parmi les Tunisiens sur son contenu et son contexte, d’autant plus qu’il a annoncé un paquet d’aides pour améliorer l’emploi des Tunisiens. Cette visite fait suite à une série de visites de dirigeants européens, dans le contexte de pressions supplémentaires sur la Tunisie pour qu’elle accepte des concessions sur la question des migrants en situation irrégulière. L’objectif affiché est d’aider la Tunisie à mettre en œuvre un programme de retour volontaire des migrants dans leur pays d’origine, mais certains observateurs craignent que cette aide n’ait un autre objectif : installer les migrants et faire de la Tunisie un gardien des frontières européennes.

A Wake-up Call for West Africa: Addressing the Region’s Rising Violent Extremism

On January 8, the al-Qaida affiliated group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) launched a meticulously planned assault on a fortified military post in northern Benin’s Alibori region, near the country’s borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. The attack claimed the lives of 28 soldiers, injured dozens more and sent shockwaves through a region long considered a fragile but reliable buffer against the violence of the nearby Sahel.