Niamey, As world leaders convene in Niamey, Niger, at the Lake Chad Basin Conference, the IRC is calling on donors, leaders and participants to recognise the critical need for funding to match rising humanitarian needs, and for humanitarian actors to h…
After five consecutive below-average rains, the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa is expanding and deepening.Combined with insecurity and macroeconomic volatility, the impact of the drought on food and nutrition security has been devastating. A…
UNITED NATIONS, At least 32 UN peacekeeping personnel were slain in deliberate attacks last year, with the Mali mission suffering the most, the UN Staff Union said.Among the 32 fatalities were 28 military and 4 police personnel, including a woman polic…
Somali government forces have ended a more than five hourslong al-Shabab siege of the compound housing the Mogadishu mayor’s office and other local government facilities.The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism said security forces shot dead si…
MOGADISHU, A US air strike assisting government troops in Somalia has killed about 30 al-Shabaab militants, the US military says.The operation happened near the town of Galcad, about 260km northeast of the capital Mogadishu.Over the past few days, the …
Large numbers of Eritrean troops have left the town of Shire in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, where they fought in support of government forces during a two-year civil war, a resident and two humanitarian workers told Reuters Saturday.The Eritrean forces’ …
A U.S. military strike has killed approximately 30 Islamist al-Shabab militants near the central Somali town of Galcad, where Somalia’s military was engaged in heavy fighting, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement.The operation, which the U.S. milita…
Plainclothes security officers in Tunisia detained a prominent critic of President Kais Saied in the early hours of Saturday after a military court ruling, his lawyer told Agence France-Presse.Seifeddine Makhlouf had been found guilty of insulting poli…
Officials in Cameroon say separatists have killed two election officials in Cameroon , capital of the Northwest region. The rebels have vowed to disrupt Cameroon’s March 12 Senate elections. The government says election preparations will continue, desp…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has begun a 10-day trip to Africa to discuss economic growth strategies and to reaffirm America’s commitment to strengthening ties with the continent. She began her trip with a visit to a U.S.-funded business incuba…