Everyone Suffers When Education is Wielded As A Weapon of War [guest column]
allAfrica
Since 2017, Cameroon has been engulfed in a bloody civil war that has involved the cruel and unorthodox weapon of withholding education. This conflict has led to the deaths of… Read more »
UN Security Council Extends Sanctions Against Al-Shabaab
Shabelle
The United Nations Security Council has officially extended the authorization for member states to stop any ships from exporting weapons or charcoal illegally from Somalia, a… Read more »
Young Children Amongst Rape Survivors In Sudan's Violent Conflict - Report [press release]
Unicef
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan. Read more »
Prince of the Sahel [blog]
CFR
Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long line of African martial impostors.Burkinabe dictator, Captain Ibrahim… Read more »
KwaZulu-Natal Hit by More Floods
allAfrica
KwaZulu-Natal, particularly eThekwini, faced further devastation over the weekend as heavy rains exacerbated the damage caused by recent floods, leaving more people homeless and… Read more »
Rwanda Slams Canada Over Stance On DR Congo Crisis
New Times
The Rwandan government on Tuesday, March 4, criticised a statement by Global Affairs Canada on the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo, saying it was defamatory, shameful, and… Read more »
Somali Government Forces Repel Al-Shabaab Attack
Shabelle
Somali government forces, backed by local clan militias known as Macwiisley, repelled an attack by Al-Shabaab militants in the Boos-Hareeri area of the Aadan-Yabaal district,… Read more »
M23 Says Will 'Not Passively Watch' As DR Congo Bombs, Massacres Banyamulenge
New Times
Villages inhabited by unarmed Banyamulenge civilians are targeted and destroyed by the drones, Sukhoi fighter jets, and mortars of the DR Congo army coalition in South Kivu… Read more »
A Power Struggle in Tigray Risks Ethiopia's Peace Deal
The New Humanitarian
"They said Tigray would be strong, and independent. But despite sacrificing so much, we are still poor - starving." Read more »
221 Children Raped in Sudan War 'Should Shock Anyone to Their Core and Compel Immediate Action' - Unicef
Dabanga
"Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan," the UN agency for children, UNICEF,… Read more »
West African Wildlife Sanctuary Becomes a Hub of Insecurity [analysis]
ISS
Spanning three countries, the vast W-Arly-Pendjari Complex is being used to facilitate organised crime, terrorism and local conflicts. Read more »
Army Ready to Counter Threats, Protect Nat'l Interest - Endf Chief
Ethiopian Herald
The Chief of General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, has affirmed that Ethiopia's military has developed the capacity to counter… Read more »
E. Coli Fears Rise at Cape Town Beaches - South African News Briefs - March 3, 2025
allAfrica
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South Kivu - Front Lines Between the M23 and the 'Wazalendo' Militias Run Through the Ruzizi Plain
Agenzia Fides
The front line between the M23 guerrillas and the "Wazalendo" militiamen runs through the Ruzizi plain (in the province of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
Almost 80,000 Flee DR Congo Amid Fighting, Sexual Violence - UNHCR
UN News
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across borders with no sign of the exodus… Read more »
