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Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and highways.

In disaster-stricken Myanmar, a desperate bid to rescue survivors with bare hands
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Friday’s quake, which measured 7.7 magnitude and has killed more than 1,600 people, has come at a vulnerable moment for the country, after four years...

Guinea-Bissau president threatens to expel ECOWAS mission, bloc says
Reuters  |  Mar 02, 2025

A dispute over when Embalo's presidential term should end has heightened tensions that risk unrest in a nation with a history of military coups.

Attacks by Sudan's RSF leave over 200 dead as force prepares political charter
Reuters  |  Feb 19, 2025

White Nile state, where activists said three days of RSF attacks had left more than 200 dead, has emerged as a key battleground as the army regains te...

Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’
UN News  |  Feb 16, 2025

A UN fact-finding mission has documented a range of harrowing human rights violations committed by both the SAF and RSF, and called for investigations...

Ugandan President Museveni to continue using military courts despite ban
Reuters  |  Feb 01, 2025

Museveni described the court's decision as wrong and said military prosecutions reinforce the civil courts and had helped in pacifying Karamoja, a reg...

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger officially exit regional bloc ECOWAS as notice expires
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 29, 2025

Their decision to withdraw was announced in January 2024, citing dissatisfaction with the bloc's increasing ties to France.

After whirlwind gains, Sudanese military leaders hail 'turning point'
Reuters  |  Jan 28, 2025

The war has displaced more than 12 million people, while plunging half the population into hunger, for which both the RSF and army are blamed.

Chad downplays threat from foiled attack on presidential compound in capital N'Djamena
Reuters  |  Jan 10, 2025

Chad is led by President Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power after rebels killed his father, longstanding President Idriss Deby.

Rwanda to introduce drones to monitor road accidents, traffic violations
Amina Wako  |  Jan 07, 2025

A successful pilot exercise in remote areas, primarily targeting illegal mining activities and other security concerns, led to the decision to introdu...

As Gaza suffers, hunger watchdog refrains from using the F word: famine
Reuters  |  Dec 30, 2024

Many aid workers and doctors say famine has taken hold in Gaza. But amid Israel’s military assault and curbs on movement, the world’s hunger monitor h...

Israel detains medics after hospital raid, health officials say
Reuters  |  Dec 28, 2024

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement that during a trial run two ships passed through a new stretch of the canal's two-way section without inc...

Gaza medics struggle to rescue patients after Israel orders hospital evacuated
Reuters  |  Dec 22, 2024

The head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, Husam Abu Safiya, told Reuters via text message that obeying the order to shut down was "next to...

Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinians in Gaza as mediators yet to secure ceasefire
Reuters  |  Dec 22, 2024

Palestinian medics said eight people, including children, were killed in the Musa Bin Nusayr School that sheltered displaced families in Gaza City.

Juntas in Sahel region make life more difficult for human rights NGOs
DW News  |  Dec 22, 2024

NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi sacks military top brass in major reshuffle
Reuters  |  Dec 20, 2024

The last significant military reshuffle took place in October 2022, when Tshisekedi appointed Tshiwewe as chief of staff.

Demoralised conscripts, absent allies: How Bashar al-Assad's army collapsed in Syria
Reuters  |  Dec 13, 2024

The Syrian army’s own central command and control centre no longer functioned well after the Iranian and Hezbollah officers left.

Besigye sues Kenya, Uganda at the East African Court of Justice over alleged abduction
Amina Wako  |  Dec 09, 2024

Observers argue that the General Court Martial in Makindye, where Besigye and Lutale are facing charges of undermining national security and illegal p...

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