A local representative says at least 13 people are dead and 21 have been wounded in clashes at a United Nations site in South Sudan for the protection of displaced civilians.
The fighting erupted Thursday morning in the Malakal site between members of the Shilluk and Nuer ethnic groups.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it was suspending food aid in Ethiopia due to the widespread theft of donations, a day after the United States announced it was doing the same.
More than 20 million people need food assistance in Africa’s second most populous nation, largely due to the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades and a two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia that left tens of thousands dead.
Residents of Sudan’s South Kordofan State reported mobilisation by a large rebel force on Thursday, raising fear that internal conflict could spread in the country’s southern regions.
The rebel force, the SPLM-N, is led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, and is estimated to contain tens of thousands of men as well as heavy weaponry.
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.