Battles have been raging in Sudan’s war-torn capital of Khartoum since last Tuesday with no sign of the violence abating. Other regions are also experiencing prolonged battles, especially Darfur.
Witnesses described “the sound of heavy artillery fire” in northern Khartoum, and “clashes with various types of weapons” in south Khartoum.
La tension est montée d’un cran en Tripolitaine à la suite de raids aériens à Zaouïa, décidés par le premier ministre Dbeibah.
L’épaisse fumée noire s’échappant de quelques bateaux amarrés dans le port d’Al-Maya, visible sur une vidéo partagée sur les réseaux sociaux, ne laisse aucun doute sur la violence et la précision des frappes de drones ayant visé la localité située à une trentaine de kilomètres à l’ouest de Tripoli dimanche 28 mai.
L’artillerie continue de faire trembler Khartoum vendredi malgré les sanctions américaines contre l’armée et les paramilitaires, qui semblent préparer une escalade dans leur lutte pour le pouvoir. Les bombardements de l’artillerie se sont poursuivis toute la nuit aux abords de la télévision d’Etat.
After years of fighting alongside Khalifa Haftar in southern Libya, an armed faction of the Chadian rebels, known as the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development , announced its readiness to depart from Libya.
Saddam Haftar, the son of Khalifa Haftar, is seeking to take control of banking institutions in eastern Libya to use them as a source of funding to strengthen his power base and pay the salaries of his forces, according to the Africa Intelligence website.
Une escorte militaire d’un convoi de vivres a été prise à partie « dans les environs de Tibou », localité située dans la province du Loroum, frontalière du Mali.
The Libyan Air Force has carried out additional airstrikes to takedown “fuel, drugs, and human trafficking gangs” in Zawiya, west of Tripoli.
The latest strikes launched at dawn on Friday targeted the Al-Kabwat militia and an ammunition depot belonging to Muhamed Sifaw, one of the biggest drug lords in the western region.
For the first time since fleeing South Sudan’s civil war eight years ago, Jacob Wani returned home excited to rebuild his life.
But when the 45-year-old farmer tried to access his land in Eastern Equatoria state’s Magwi County, he was banned, told that it had been labeled hazardous and contaminated with mines.
About 40 people, including army auxiliaries, were killed last weekend in western Burkina Faso, during two attacks by suspected jihadists, security and local sources told AFP on Tuesday.
On Saturday, “a secure convoy” was “the target of an attack by armed men” near Bourasso, informs a press release from the governorate of the Boucle du Mouhoun region, near Mali.
As clashes continue between the military forces vying for political power in Khartoum, some of Sudan’s worst violence has taken place in the western region of Darfur, with those fleeing to Chad describing desperate civilians cut off from help and struggling to escape fighting between rival militias.