At least 43 people were killed in a brutal attack by Islamic State-linked militants in eastern Congo on April 2, 2026, according to local officials and armed group trackers. The assault, which targeted a community in the Ituri province region, is one of the deadliest single incidents in a conflict that has claimed thousands of […]
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In a move that has alarmed Western diplomats and regional neighbours, eastern Libya dominant military strongman Khalifa Haftar has acquired Chinese and Turkish combat drones in direct violation of a long-standing United Nations arms embargo, Reuters reported on April 2, 2026. Satellite imagery analysed by defence experts shows what appear to be Feilong-1 drones —
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At least 100 civilians were killed in a single military operation in Burkina Faso, according to a detailed Human Rights Watch report. The incident occurred near Solenzo in the Boucle du Mouhoun region.
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Democratic Republic of Congo’s army has announced the launch of a formal disarmament operation against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda — the FDLR — a militia group whose origins trace directly to the 1994 Rwandan genocide and which Rwanda has long demanded be neutralised as a condition for any lasting peace in
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s military has launched a major disarmament and voluntary repatriation operation targeting the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Hutu rebel group that has operated on Congolese soil for three decades — in a campaign that regional observers say could be the best chance in a generation to
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