Africa
A Looming Disaster: Sudan’s Refugees Face Dire Humanitarian Conditions in Chad
Nearly 100 thousand people have recently fled Sudan for neighboring Chad, according to the UN, adding to the 400 thousand Sudanese refugees already in the country after fleeing previous conflicts.
This latest wave of refugees, 90 percent of whom are women and children, face dire conditions, as many shelter in open, makeshift encampments and experience severe food insecurity.
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.
Niger: France is testing its new military approach in Africa
Acting in support and not instead of: the French armies had to learn the lessons of their forced exit from Mali in the summer of 2022 and are today testing a discreet partnership in Niger, tailored to the demands of Niamey.
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.
La Belgique et le Niger collaborent en matière de lutte contre terrorisme
Bruxelles et Niamey vont collaborer en matière de lutte contre le terrorisme, ont-ils annoncé en marge d’une visite du Centre National de Coordination du Mécanisme d’Alerte Précoce (CNAP) du Niger en Belgique.