Horn of Africa

Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Ethiopian troops of making illegal incursions across their shared border, leading to confrontations with local security forces. At least 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers are stationed in the Horn of Africa country as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) fighting al …

The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) has issued an alert saying millions of children are going hungry in Sudan. Unicef boss, Catherine Russell says Sudan is one of the worst places in the world for children. She said the country has now the largest displacement of children anywhere, with millions …

The EU announced on Monday that it had sanctioned six officials in Sudan over the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported. These lists include a commanding general of the RSF, the financial advisor of RSF, as well as a prominent tribal leader …

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur city of al-Fashir. Al Fashir has become a new front between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a video statement released on Tuesday, prosecutor Karim Khan …

At least 55 people died and 155 others were injured after a violent clash between two clans in central Somalia, Reuters reported, citing residents and medical officials. Somalia’s federal government is not only struggling to contain violence unleashed by the Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, but is also facing clan-based …

Sudanese military has rejected a U.S. call to resume peace talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. It follows a conversation between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “We will not go to Jeddah (venue for talks in Saudi Arabia) and whoever wants us to …

At least 130 people have died at a single hospital in Sudan’s besieged city of El Fasher, in the Darfur region, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Fighting between rival groups in Sudan’s civil war in the battle for control of the city has recently intensified, BBC reported. …

Tens of thousands of genetically modified (GMO) mosquitoes have been released in Djibouti in an effort to stop the spread of an invasive species that transmits malaria, the BBC reported. The friendly non-biting male Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, developed by Oxitec, a UK-based biotechnology company, carry a gene that kills female …

At least 70 members of the al-Shabab rebel movement were killed and 30 wounded in a military operation in the Mudug region of northern Somalia. The operation took place near the locality of Tabar-mooge, some 28 kilometers north of the coastal town of Harardhere, recently liberated by government forces. A …

Somalia’s government said it had suspended and detained several members of an elite, U.S.-trained commando unit for stealing rations donated by the United States, adding that it was taking over responsibility for provisioning the force, Reuters reported. The Danab unit has been a key pillar of U.S.-backed efforts to combat …