source: Landlocked Ethiopia is escalating regional tensions by seeking more access to the sea | AP News Land-locked Ethiopia is attempting to rebuild after years of civil war, particularly in the Tigray region, with a renewed effort to gain greater access to the sea, prompting regional tensions. According to the Associated Press, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is framing sea… Read more »
Source: RSF killed more than 1,000 civilians in April attack on Zamzam camp, UN report says | AP News A new report from the United Nations Human Rights Office has confirmed that in April of 2025, more than 1,000 innocent civilians were killed by Sudanese Rapid Support Forces, RSF, during a three day assault on the Zamzam displacement camp. The… Read more »
Source: South Sudan’s peace guarantors warn against renewed violence | AP News South Sudan’s government and opposition groups have signed what they call a “final peace agreement” to end the five-year civil war that killed tens of thousands and displaced millions of civilians. Leaders pledged cooperation, but violence and human rights abuses continue to plague the country. Peace and conflict… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/12/benin-settles-after-failed-coup-attempt-regional-concerns-remain One week prior to the writing of this article, a failed military coup was held in Benin. A group of soldiers seized control of the nation’s television station and announced their intents, however the group was quickly encircled and eliminated with the assistance of the Nigerian Air Force. France and the Ivory Coast also offered support, but Benin… Read more »
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g99kp897do In a joint operation between US and Ghanaian authorities, Frederick Kumi, a social media influencer from Ghana, was arrested over allegations that he was involved in starting a romance scam that cost elderly Americans over $8m. It is reported that he used AI tools in order to create false identities which he later used to target elderly victims… Read more »
Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gk34k9k23o Despite a peace deal recently brokered by Donald Trump in the first week of December, the Tutsi Congolese rebel group M23 seized the important city of Uvira on the eastern border of the DR Congo. The city has served as an important logistics hub for resources coming from Burundi, who has continually assisted the DR Congo’s efforts in… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9204y4w5o Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane, 74, died in military detention just five weeks after his arrest, according to his party, the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy (Manidem). Ekane was a leader in an opposition coalition that endorsed Issa Tchiroma Bakary in the recent presidential election, which was officially won by 92-year-old incumbent Paul Biya. While the… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3wq2zznz1o The recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau occurred just three days after a presidential election, preventing the release of results and leading to the asylum of opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa in the Nigerian embassy. The coup was triggered after armed men destroyed the electoral commission’s main server and physical tally sheets, making it impossible to publish the vote… Read more »
Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from his post with immediate effect due to health reasons, according to the president’s office. His departure occurs amid a severe and growing security crisis across Nigeria, dominated by a frightening wave of mass kidnappings. The government is under intense pressure to control the situation. The UN High Commissioner for Human… Read more »
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/islamic-state-linked-rebels-kill-89-civilians-east-congo-attacks-un-force-says-2025-11-21/ In a wave of brutal assaults, Islamic State-affiliated rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) slaughtered 89 civilians across multiple sites in Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, from November 13 to 19, 2025. The United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, detailed the atrocities in a statement, highlighting the vulnerability of women and children among… Read more »