Link To Article On Thursday, February 27, 2025, Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, visited Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia in the hopes of meeting with its president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The two countries have been moving towards warmer relations since January 2024, when Ethiopia decided to lease out some coastline territory and build a naval base in Somalia in… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202502060264.html The article writes on the need for regional collaboration among Ethiopia and Kenya in fighting collective security issues of the Horn of Africa. The article notes their combined operation against the “Shene” terror groups that carry out terrorism, arms smuggling, and other crime along their mutual border. It views the alliance as a symbol of more widespread regional security… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/congo-army-retreat-bukavu-leads-clashes-with-allied-militias-2025-02-18/ The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) faces escalating instability as government forces retreat from Bukavu in response to the advancing M23 rebels, who are allegedly backed by Rwanda. The withdrawal, intended to prevent urban warfare, has led to clashes between the army and its former militia allies, the Wazalendo. These pro-government fighters resisted the order to… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/africa/m23-rebels-east-congo-killings-intl/index.html The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has taken a devastating turn, with U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk accusing the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of executing children and using them as fighters. After seizing the major cities of Goma and Bukavu, the rebels allegedly committed atrocities, including attacking hospitals and humanitarian aid warehouses…. Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/rebel-held-ports-eastern-dr-congo-re-open-aid-needs-grow-2025-02-18/ Burundi has begun withdrawing its troops from eastern Congo, weakening the Congolese army as it struggles to contain the M23 rebel offensive. The Burundian military had been supporting the Congolese forces in defending strategic locations, including Kavumu airport near Bukavu, which fell to the rebels over the weekend. This withdrawal comes amid new U.N. reports of… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-he-ordered-airstrikes-islamic-state-somalia-2025-02-01 In early February Trump announced that U.S. forces had carried out on airstrike in the Golis Mountains in Somalia. The strike was carried out to target ISIS members that were reported to be hiding out in the caves within the mountains. The number of deaths is unknown but the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reports that no civilians were… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/somalia-piracy-ship-freed-european-atalanta-3cdb4432d916c0f75d59743ee95a32a0 A naval force known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta helped free a Yemeni fishing boat that was suspected to be seized by Somali pirates. It is reported that the 12 mariners on board were safe and unharmed. Crew members confirmed that suspected pirates had abandoned the vessel after stealing any goods of value on the ship. Piracy has been a prominent… Read more »
Article Link: https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-airstikes-civilians-9f97fb91d5d58ed09e93d78cff399b20 For the second time this year, Nigeria’s military has killed more civilians through airstrikes by their own military. The Nigerian government has not said how many people have died. Amnesty international, a human rights group has said at least 10 people have died as a result of the airstrikes. The airstrikes were a result of rebel groups… Read more »
Article Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/children-were-executed-by-m23-congos-bukavu-un-says-2025-02-18/ Children were found to be executed by the Rwandan rebel group M23 in the city of Bukavu. Reports say that the children found the uniforms and had put them on and they were eventually executed after the M23 rebels saw them in the uniform. 3 children were reported to be executed by the M23 rebel group striking… Read more »
Article Link: https://apnews.com/article/goma-congo-hospitals-shortages-3c959524dd46c226393da6d11e7de600 Major conflicts in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo especially in the city of Goma has turned deadly as many areas dealing with a conflict with over 700 dead in just the city of Goma. Over 3000 others have been injured from this conflict around just the region and the hospitals are being overwhelmed. The M23… Read more »