Conflict & Security

Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered the strategic Tessalit military base in the country’s far north, marking one of the most significant battlefield losses for Bamako in years. The fall of the camp — described by officials as a “super-camp” positioned near the Algerian border — was confirmed by rebel sources and […]

Migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia are making the long journey back home from Djibouti after failed attempts to cross the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait into Yemen — many returning hungry, traumatized, and empty-handed. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has documented a sharp rise in the number of migrants attempting the route, even as conditions grow more

Bamako — Tuareg-led rebels have seized the strategic Tessalit military camp in northern Mali, marking a significant escalation in a weeks-long offensive that has exposed the limits of the junta’s partnership with Russian mercenary forces, reports emerged Friday, May 1, 2026. The Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), working in concert with the jihadist coalition Jama’at Nusrat

Nairobi — Kenya’s government has temporarily waived fuel quality standards for six months to prevent shortages, as the fallout from the ongoing Iran conflict disrupts global oil supply chains and strains refined product deliveries to East Africa, officials confirmed Thursday, April 30, 2026. The move marks a rare acknowledgment by Nairobi that global geopolitical turbulence

Cairo — Egypt’s military conducted high-intensity live-fire exercises in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, May 1, 2026, bringing army units, special forces, fighter jets, and armored vehicles within striking distance of the Israeli border in a drill explicitly named “Badr 2026.” The exercises, carried out by the Third Field Army, included simulated tactical scenarios executed

Washington — The United States has imposed sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of providing material support to armed groups destabilizing eastern DRC, according to multiple reports filed Thursday, April 30, 2026. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Kabila for his alleged links to armed

Kenya has announced a temporary waiver of fuel quality standards, its government said on Thursday, in an emergency move to prevent shortages as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supply chains and puts pressure on the critical Strait of Hormuz shipping route. The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade, and Industry, Lee Kinyanjui,

The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of providing material support to the M23 rebel group that has been wreaking havoc in eastern Congo for years. The Treasury Department announced the measures on Thursday, saying Kabila traveled to Goma in 2025 where he has

A Ugandan court has sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of four young children at a nursery school in Kampala, in a case that has shaken the East African nation and reignited debates about child safety and judicial speed. Christopher Okello Onyum was arrested on April 2 as he tried to flee

The son of a prominent Guinean opposition video blogger living in exile has been kidnapped in the capital Conakry, according to reports confirmed by AFP, marking a sharp escalation in the military junta’s campaign against dissenting voices. The Turn the Page (TLP) collective identified the victim as Mohamed Camara, son of Ansou Damaro Camara, a

Amnesty International calls for investigation into the deaths of at least 150 displaced persons, most of them children, at a military-controlled detention facility in Kwara State.

Russia Africa Corps paramilitary unit will remain deployed in Mali despite mounting pressure from Tuareg separatists who have seized control of Kidal.