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According to security sources, at least 100 people were killed in the night of June 4-5 in an attack on the village of Solhan, located in the Sahel region, north of Burkina Faso. The attackers also burned down houses and markets. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniIt was around two o'clock when armed people entered the…

KDF condemned for killing innocent civilians in Somalia's airstrikes MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has once again accused Kenya of the Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes in the Gedo region against civilians under the pretext of fighting extremists, in particular the Al-Shabaab group, which controls large parts of the countryside in central and southern Somalia. In a press release from the…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed groups, hitherto unidentified, killed at least 50 civilians during the night from Sunday to Monday, May 31, according to a still preliminary report from the Kivu Security Barometer. The attack took place in two villages in the territory of Irumu, in the province of Ituri, north of the border with Kivu. An attack of unprecedented scale. The attackers also…

In Burkina Faso, a minimum of 30 civilians had been killed on Monday, Could 3, within the assault on the Kodyel farmland, within the Foutouri division, about 145 km from Fada Ngourma within the japanese area. Unidentified armed males invaded the village very early yesterday morning and attacked the inhabitants, regardless of the voluntary efforts for the protection of the fatherland, the civilian aides…

In Mozambique, Palma, a small port city in Cabo Delgado, the victim of a coordinated attack by a jihadist group active in the province for more than three years. The group, which calls itself local Al-Shabab, launched its attack on Wednesday and took control of the city on Friday night. The number of accidents among the inhabitants is uncertain. Since Wednesday, there are thousands fleeing the area…

Unmatched attacks on villages and settlements in western Niger have left more than 200 dead in six days. This violence has not been claimed, but it bears the hallmark of the Islamic State group in the Greater Sahara, the only large jihadist group in this area that is well enough organized to carry out attacks of this size. Since the beginning of the year, four attacks have been directed at civilians in…

a minimum of 15 civilians massacred in Bulongo, not far. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Beni's territory was once again the target of an attack by an armed group. On the night of Sunday to Monday, March 15, at least 15 civilians were massacred in Bulongo, a neighboring municipality located in the eastern part of the country. ADF fighters are suspected of being behind this killing. In a subsequent demonstration, two protesters were killed by security forces. In the wake of the killing, young people from…

Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of peacekeeping operations, ended the mission, which began a week earlier in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday 18 December. He met with the country's political actors, including President Félix Tshisekedi, Martin Fayulu and other stakeholders in the institutional crisis that has developed. What is his view on the…

The gap is widening between the military and Sudanese civilians responsible for leading the political transition. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan unilaterally decided on the powers of the Transitional Partnership Council, a body recently created following the peace agreements with the rebels. The decree has not even been published in the official newspaper or published. The text signed by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan simply leaked to the press on Thursday. This Transitional Partner Council (CPT) would initially be…

In Ethiopia, it took a month of conflict before Tigray finally opened up to aid workers. And again ... the whole province will not be available. as reported from Addis Ababa, Noé Rochet-BodinAt present, the signed agreement allows the UN to visit only areas under government control. That is not enough, says Saviano Abreu from…