Nowinafrica Editorial board

Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are enduring a surge of horrific abuses at the hands of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighters — abuses that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a sweeping new report from Amnesty International. The May 2026 report, titled “I’d Never Seen So Many Bodies: […]

At least twenty-four Chadian soldiers have been killed following a sophisticated attack blamed on Boko Haram in the country’s eastern region, according to military sources cited on May 5, 2026. The assault is one of the deadliest single incidents targeting Chad’s armed forces in recent memory. The attack took place in the early hours when

Three years into a brutal conflict that has torn Sudan apart, the country is experiencing what aid workers describe as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed hundreds of thousands of people and brought Sudan’s healthcare system to its

In the remote Haute-Kotto prefecture of the Central African Republic, a region scarred by years of intercommunal violence, a small NGO called Esperance is doing what few others attempt: retrieving children from armed groups and giving them back something resembling a future. The Central African Republic has been trapped in a cycle of violence since