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The Sudanese Baath Party rejected the ongoing negotiations between the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) and the coup leaders on a political agreement that would restore civilian rule, stressing that it serves the interests of the military component. The FFC and the military component have been...

In a statement Monday, the Tigray forces said that Eritrea’s military has launched an “extensive offensive” in the direction of Rama, Zalambessa, and Tserona, towns in northeastern Tigray. Communications to the areas affected by the fighting are down, and The Associated Press was unable to verify...

A former Liberian rebel went on trial Monday in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture, and acts of barbarism during the West African country’s civil war in the 1990s. Kunti Kamara, 47, was arrested near Paris in 2018, following a complaint filed by Swiss-based group Civitas Maxima...

Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso after Paul-Henri Damiba was removed in the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months. The Sahel country plunged into political turmoil on September 30 after a group of officers decided to remove Damiba due to...

Burkina Faso military leader Paul-Henri Damiba has been deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the transitional government​, and suspending the constitution. Traore said on Friday evening that a group of officers had decided to remove...

Sudanese medical officials warned Monday that more than 1,500 unidentified bodies piled up in several of the country’s morgues could lead to an outbreak of disease, amid accusations the government is covering up their causes of death. Among the deceased are believed to be pro-democracy protesters...

Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, an alleged senior leader of a predominantly Muslim rebel group that ousted the president of Central African Republic in 2013 pleaded not guilty Monday to seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. After a court officer read...

The Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal opened its doors in late 2013 to offer refuge to people fleeing South Sudan’s ruinous civil war. Accounts of sexual abuse committed by aid workers first emerged in 2015, but the scale of the problem has since grown despite a UN-led task force charged...

A US envoy said they were aware of Eritrean troops crossing into Tigray and condemned the movement, while the Eritrean and Ethiopian governments have not yet commented on the claims. If Eritrea's offensive against the rebels is confirmed, it will mark an escalation following the collapse of a five...

In its first report, the Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it had found evidence of widespread violations by all sides since fighting erupted in the northern Tigray region in November 2020. The commission, created by the UN Human Rights Council last December and made up of three...