13 killed in terror attack on airport, Niger’s defense ministry alleges participation of France-backed mercenaries
While the Al Qaeda-affiliated JNIM has claimed responsibility for the attack, the Nigerien Defense Ministry insists the terror groups are mercenaries hired by former colonizer France.
Ebola outbreak could become the worst ever
Originating in DRC’s eastern region, torn by proxy war for minerals, the Ebola outbreak could become the worst ever, Africa CDC warns.
Rwandan military and M23 are committing war crimes in occupied eastern DR Congo: HRW
The report documents mass arrests, forced labor, child soldiers, torture, and summary executions at M23 training camps where uniformed Rwandan military personnel are often guards or instructors.
Shack dwellers protest bill that would criminalize land struggles in South Africa
Allowing courts to order evictions without a provision for alternative accommodation, the PIE Amendment Bill also criminalizes activism for the land rights of the urban poor, protests Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), South Africa’s radical shack dwellers’ movement.
Mozambique expands state ownership of mines; bans raw material exports
Mozambique’s president signed a new law granting the National Mining Company (ENM) a free 15% stake across the stages of the mining value chain.
‘We are all in this fight together’: farmers rally against Bangalore’s expanding AI-powered satellite city
Arriving in solidarity from several villages around Bangalore, farmers marched with red flags to join the protest defending 9,600 acres of fertile, irrigated, multi-cropped land from acquisition to expand the city.
Drone strikes on a market in North Kordofan kill 11 more in Sudan
Fighting has been intensifying in the Kordofan region, which connects the army-controlled national capital, Khartoum, to its east, to the RSF-controlled western region of Darfur.
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.