Sudanese army on a counter-offensive to recapture the strategic city on the Ethiopian border
The recapture of Kurmuk is imperative for the army to restrict the RSF’s supply from Ethiopia and check its advance in Blue Nile State, which will secure a gateway to central Sudan.
Attack on DRC’s Bangoka Airport is a “war crime”: Governor of Tshopo province
This is not the first attack on the strategic airport in the northeastern city of Kisangani, capital of the Tshopo province bordering the Kivu region, where the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group is waging a war for mineral wealth.
Burkina Faso asserts financial independence from the West with mineral-backed sovereign fund
Financed by surpluses generated when international mineral prices rise above the state-set benchmark, the fund will not be used for short-term budgetary expenditure, but ring-fenced for long-term, strategic infrastructural and industrial projects.
Is Mali’s capital really blockaded?
While Western media continues to describe hit-and-run attacks on civilian fuel tankers by Al-Qaeda fighters who cannot hold positions as a “blockade”, a much more complex struggle for and against Mali’s sovereignty unfolds on the ground.
“We will give our chest to your bullets, but will not cede an inch of our land”: farmers resist city expansion in southern India
After blockading the state highway for 30 hours on the 426th day of the protest, farmers continue agitations against the acquisition of 9,600 acres of fertile, irrigated land to expand Bangalore city, capital of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
Thousands of Malians demonstrate in support of the government’s fight against terror groups
Two weeks before, the armed forces had fought off the highly-coordinated attacks on six cities by about 12,000 jihadist and separatist fighters on April 25.
As the war in Sudan continues into its fourth year, tensions escalate with Ethiopia
Alleging that UAE-supplied drones taking off from an Ethiopian airport have attacked Sudan four times since March 1, the Sudanese government has recalled its ambassador, and threatened an “open confrontation” with Ethiopia “if it becomes necessary.”
“Sovereignty will be consolidated”, reiterates Malian president after “foreign-sponsored” terror attacks in six cities
While Western media continued prophesying the fall of the popular, sovereignist government that expelled French troops, the cabinet met on April 29 to push forward with developmental projects.