Africa
Ethiopia’s Tigray region urges federal intervention after town seized
Officials administering Ethiopia’s Tigray region asked for federal help on Wednesday as a faction of the main regional party seized control of ...Congo army desertion trials spotlight a force in tatters
By Sonia Rolley, Giulia Paravicini and Ange Kasongo Reuters Congolese soldiers in a mix of fatigues and street clothes crowded into a ...Congo and rebels trade blame for deadly blasts at rally
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels traded blame on Friday for explosions at a rally in the rebel-held eastern city of ...Sudan’s RSF, allies sign charter to form parallel government, two signatories say
By Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces signed a charter with allied political and armed groups late on Saturday to establish ...Congo army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town
The Congolese army called on deserters to rejoin their units on Thursday, as rogue soldiers fired guns and looted parts of the ...Anxiety rises in DR Congo capital as M23 rebels advance in east
By Ange Adihe Kasongo and Sonia Rolley Reuters As Rwanda-backed rebels strolled through the streets of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s second-largest ...Sudan’s RSF kill more than 200 in White Nile
Sudan’s RSF have killed more than 200 people in attacks on villages around the town of al-Gitaina in White Nile state over ...Sudan’s RSF attacks famine-stricken camp as battle lines harden
By Maggie Michael, Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz Reuters Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have attacked the famine-stricken Zamzam displacement camp, residents and medics say, ...Burundi warns Rwanda as eastern DR Congo conflict advances
M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would ...M23 rebels threaten to advance on Bukavu as fighting flares
The Rwandan-backed M23 armed group in Democratic Republic of Congo threatened on Tuesday to advance on the provincial capital of Bukavu, citing ...














