https://www.reuters.com/world/former-ivory-coast-pm-soro-goes-trial-coup-plotting-charges-2021-05-19/ The trial of former Ivorian prime minister and rebel leader, Guillame Soro, started earlier this week, with the man himself held in absentia. The charges levelled against Soro accuse him, and 19 other accomplices, of plotting a coup against the current president, Alassane Ouattara. The defense of Soro vociferously denied the validity of the charges, calling it a shameless… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/four-ethiopian-soldiers-convicted-crimes-against-civilians-tigray-2021-05-21/ In the first series of what is surely many more to come, four Ethiopian soldiers have been convicted of crimes committed against civilians in the Tigray, three of rape and one of murder. Waiting on trial behind them are twenty-eight more soldiers charged of murder and twenty-five charged of rape. After months of accusations of Ethiopian atrocities in Tigray,… Read more »
In April, there was a mass jailbreak in the southeastern Nigerian city of Owerri where up to 1,800 prisoners escaped, after armed gangs committed various killings against the police in the region. Since then, the region has been enveloped in rampant gang violence against authorities, along with other major offenses such as robbery, kidnapping, and banditry. This week, Nigerian police… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/chadian-security-forces-clash-with-protesters-denouncing-military-takeover-2021-05-19/ Last April saw the sudden battlefield death of Chadian president, Idriss Deby, during a skirmish with insurgent rebels in the country’s northern region. Soon after, Deby’s son, Mahamat, emerged to temporarily dissolve parliament and establish military rule, until a new democratic election in 18 months. This has caused even more chaos to unfold in the region, as outroar against… Read more »
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-19/mozambique-s-response-to-insurgency-perplexes-neighbors Despite repeated efforts from the Southern African Development Community (SADC), led by South Africa, the government of Mozambique continues to persist in its reticence to accept any offers of outside military aid for the ongoing insurgency crisis in the country’s northern region, Caba Delgado. Indeed, Mozambique has remained hesitant to conduct any form of action in the region, and… Read more »
