Africa

Rebels linked to the Islamic State group raided a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday and killed at least six people. The army did not arrive in time to engage with the rebels, said Tonge Sorone, a…

For the past two weeks, ongoing clashes in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, have killed hundreds and injured several thousand people, leaving numerous citizens displaced from their homes. Meanwhile, religion and human rights activists have expressed concern about the…

The two warring factions in Sudan have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire, the foreign ministry of South Sudan said in a statement Tuesday. The ceasefire agreement, which is supposed to start on May 4th and last until the 11th, was…

The World Food Programme said in a new report that the number of Nigerians living below the poverty line has risen to over 133 million while another 4.3 million face severe hunger in the terrorists-ravaged Northeast region. The UN-affiliated organization…

A recent report by Dar-Al-Halal Nigeria indicates that, despite deteriorating economic situation in Nigeria due to growing inflation and decrease in oil revenue, investments in the Halal sector could contribute $1.6bn annually to the economy of this country in four…

Burkina Faso army confirmed that 33 soldiers were killed on Thursday during an attack staged by suspected jihadists. A group of troops were hit by a complex, large-scale strike in the east region, which left another 12 wounded, the statement…

The latest UNICEF report says millions of children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have received insufficient (1 doze) or no vaccination against measles, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis between 2019-2021. The unfortunate reduction in the rate of…

The United Nations has called on the Authorities in Burkina Faso to urgently conduct a full and independent investigation into the recent killing of a number of civilians in a village near the border with Mali. The killing occurred on…

Kenyan authorities confirmed in official statements that the police have exhumed 73 corpses so far in a forest in the east of the country, thought to belong to adherents of a Christian religious group who had starved themselves to death…

According to Reuters news agency, at least 10 people, all civilians, have been killed and dozens of others wounded in a terrorist attack at a military camp and airport in Mali. A spokesman for the region’s governor told reporters that…