International Amnesty (IA) condemned on Thursday the “excessive use of force against demonstrators” during protests in August in Nigeria, where police killed at least 24 people in several states of the country, according to this organization. Related:Nigeria: Combat Between Boko Haram and Nigerian Army Left Fifteen Dead “In all cases the victims were shot by […]

The Mauritanian police forcibly dispersed two demonstrations on Thursday in defense of the rights of black Mauritanians who are victims of extrajudicial executions. Related:Mauritanian Authorities Report 25 Migrants Dead After Shipwreck One of them took place in the capital, Nouakchott, where the demonstrators, convened by the Association of Widows and Orphans of the Victims, went […]

The army recovered weapons and ammunition from the attackers, including AK-47 rifles, portable anti-tank rocket launchers, RPGs and anti-tank guns. At least three Nigerian soldiers and twelve members of the jihadist group Boko Haram were killed on Monday after the army tried to repel an attack in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state, military sources reported Tuesday. […]

An Islamic State (ISIS) network of Syrians and Iraqis based in Côte d’Ivoire and Madagascar was dismantled last July, in a undercover operation, reported Le Monde on Sunday, which said it was ready to be established in Europe. Related:Warn of the Growing Global Influence of the Islamic State Branch in Somalia According to the newspaper, […]

The number of internally displaced persons in Africa has tripled over the past 15 years to 35 million, driven by conflicts in many countries on the continent and natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, indicates a report published on Tuesday. Related:Gaza: UNRWA Worried about Half a Million Displaced Gazans The Internal Displacement Observatory (IDMC) study, […]

Nafti called for modernizing the legal framework governing trade relations between the two countries while highlighting the crucial role of the private sector in intensifying partnerships. On Thursday, Tunisian Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nafti and visiting Kuwaiti counterpart Abdullah Ali Al-Yahya signed a series of cooperation agreements regarding various fields, reported the Tunisian state radio […]

The communique said the extension of the peacekeeping mission continues “the regional response to address the prevailing unstable security situation in eastern DRC.” On Thursday, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), a regional bloc, decided to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by one year amid […]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the focus of the current outbreak of mpox, began this Saturday the vaccination campaign against the disease in the province of North Kivu, in the northeast of the country. RELATED: DR Congo: First Batch of Mpox Vaccines Received The Congolese Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare […]

The president of the Democratic People’s Republic of the Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, defended on Wednesday multilateralism and respect for a rules-based world, key issues to preserve global peace and prosperity, while rejecting the rise in speeches that promote armed aggression and the plunder of natural resources. Related:DR Congo: Death Penalty for 37 Accused of […]

According to a statement released Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), the DRC Ministry of Health plans to start rolling out the vaccines this weeken. On Thursday, a first batch of 99,100 doses of mpox vaccines was delivered to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the epicenter of the global health crisis. Related: […]