The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African’s overstretched military…
Read more What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest NigeriaUN rights chief calls for crackdown on arms trafficking that fuels ‘criminality’ and widens humanitarian crisis. At least 3,661 people have been killed in Haiti in the first…
Read more At least 3,661 killed in ‘senseless’ Haiti gang violence this year: UNIf negotiations succeed, the rebels will end their 50-year armed struggle and transform into a political movement. The Philippine government will resume peace talks with the country’s communist…
Read more Philippine government, communist rebels to revive peace talksThe deaths come as former colonial power France prepares to withdraw a counterinsurgency force stationed in the country. Seven soldiers have been killed in Niger’s southwest in an…
Read more A dozen soldiers killed after rebel attack in southwest NigerMore than 1,600 homicides, rapes, kidnappings and lynchings reported in first quarter of 2023, BINUH chief says. Haitians are living through an “alarming” surge in violence, the head…
Read more UN’s new Haiti envoy warns of ‘alarming’ surge in violenceMontreal, Canada – For many months, daily life in Haiti’s capital has been marked by widespread violence and deepening political instability since powerful armed gangs seized control of the…
Read more Haiti crisis looms large as Biden visits Canada’s TrudeauELN official says two sides took ‘first steps’ towards a temporary ceasefire as negotiations in Mexico City conclude. Colombia’s government and the left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel…
Read more Colombia, ELN rebels hail progress in second round of peace talksFrom: UpFront The DRC’s Minister of Communications, Patrick Muyaya, on the fighting in his country and Rwanda’s role in the conflict. Continuing fighting in the resource-rich Democratic Republic…
Read more The cost of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s war with M23The ADF, a central African affiliate of ISIL, is one of the deadliest armed groups in eastern DRC. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF urged on Friday for…
Read more UNICEF urges release of 13 kidnapped children in eastern DRCThe M23 rebels have seized areas of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province in a rapid onslaught since May. The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of…
Read more UN condemns M23 rebel offensive on DRC town as hundreds fleeKenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia. Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from the Somalia-based…
Read more Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al-Shabab fightersThe rebels have been accused of flouting a ceasefire and making withdrawals critics consider to be mainly ceremonial. Police have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the…
Read more DRC police disperse protest against slow M23 rebel pullbackGovernment forces and allied clan militias recaptured the base from al-Shabab in October. Fighters from the al-Shabab group stormed a military base in central Somalia that the government…
Read more Seven soldiers killed in al-Shabab attack on Somali military baseIbrahim Kalin, the presidential spokesperson, tells Al Jazeera that Ankara will target the PKK, YPG and PYD Kurdish groups to protect its borders. The spokesperson for the Turkish…
Read more Turkey says Kurdish armed groups in Syria ‘legitimate targets’Norwegian Refugee Council calls for ‘lasting peace’ to end restrictions on freedom of movement across Colombia. Armed groups in Colombia are confining people to their homes and communities…
Read more Colombia armed groups confining people to homes, communities: NRCKenya’s Parliament has approved the deployment of nearly 1,000 soldiers for a new regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid questions about the $37m…
Read more Kenya to spend $37m on sending troops to DR CongoWith violence gripping the streets of Port-au-Prince and no neighbourhood spared from the insecurity wrought by armed gangs or critical shortages of fuel, virtually everyone in Haiti’s capital…
Read more Haitians push for local solutions as insecurity and violence soar
