Libyan Warlord Exploits Sudan Crisis

The eastern Libya strongman, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifah Haftar, has actively backed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against the Sudanese military and armed forces in the ongoing fighting in Khartoum and its surrounding environs.

As in Sudan, contending leaders in Libya, including Haftar, have refused to implement internationally-backed political transition agreements that would require them to cede power.

Relative calm in Sudan as ceasefire brings some respite from fighting

Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital.

Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least one area after the ceasefire started late on Monday, but residents otherwise reported relative calm.

Eritrean refugees caught between crisis at home, Sudan conflict

Some Eritreans are reportedly missing in Sudan, raising fears of kidnappings by Eritrean authorities or traffickers.

Nabil Mohamed* last heard from his friend, a fellow Eritrean, on April 19 in Kassala, a city in eastern Sudan near the Eritrean border. He was fleeing Sudan’s war-torn capital, Khartoum, to a refugee camp and to access aid from the United Nations.

Race against time to stop ‘humanitarian disaster’ among Sudan refugees in Chad

Coming rainy season threatens 80,000 living in ‘heartbreaking’ conditions in vulnerable border region after fleeing war at home

Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees, many of them children, who have crossed the border into Chad risk a “major humanitarian disaster” when the rainy season begins within weeks, a Red Cross official has warned.

Russia’s Wagner Group accused of using rape and mass-murder to control an African gold mining town

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has again claimed control of the contested Ukrainian city of Bakhmut — a claim yet again denied by Kyiv, which says its forces are still fighting southwest of the industrial town and advancing around its flanks. The dense fog of war makes it difficult to determine whether one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Ukraine war has really come to an end.

Battles rage in Sudan’s Darfur on fourth day of truce

Fighting between forces loyal to Sudan’s rival generals on Friday rocked the western region of Darfur, witnesses said, on the fourth day of a fragile US-Saudi-brokered ceasefire.

The one-week truce, the latest in a series of agreements that have all been systematically violated, was breached only minutes after it took effect on Monday night.

Quel statut et quel mandat pour les Forces françaises au Sahel?

Quel statut, quel mandat pour les militaires français au Sahel ? C’est la question que posent aujourd’hui des organisations de la société civile française. Ce mardi 23 mai, le Général Bruno Baratz, qui commande les Forces françaises au Sahel, selon le vocable actuellement utilisé par l’armée, s’est exprimé sur l’antenne de RFI. « Il n’y a plus d’opération française au Sahel » a-t-il assuré, pour exprimer l’idée que la philosophie ayant guidé la défunte force Barkhane est désormais caduque et que les militaires français toujours déployés dans la région sont dorénavant au service des pays hôtes, en l’occurrence le Niger, principalement, et le Tchad.

Why Turkey’s election is being closely followed in Africa

Turkey’s influence in Africa has been growing massively over the past 20 years and whoever wins Sunday’s presidential run-off will have to consider where next to take the relationship.

Ever since Recep Tayyip Erdogan took power in Turkey two decades ago, first as prime minister then as president, he has taken an increasing interest in Africa.