Horn of Africa

More than 1,000 European Union citizens were evacuated from Sudan over the weekend amid the deadly fighting between rival army factions, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. Mr Borell told journalists that it had been a complex operation but had been successful – adding that the EU …

Authorities in Japan are planning to send a military aircraft to evacuate the country’s citizens from Sudan amid the deadly fighting. Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said that as of Wednesday, there were 60 Japanese nationals stuck in Sudan. He said the government would do “its utmost to ensure the …

A US diplomatic convoy to Sudan came under fire on Monday, but no one was injured, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. According to the diplomat who spoke separately with the two rival generals struggling for power, the convoy was attacked but no one was injured. “I …

At least 100 civilians have died in fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force that’s now in its third day., the Central committee of Sudanese Doctors said. Residents reported sustained gunfire in the capital, Khartoum on Monday, and fighting has also been seen in other cities across Sudan. …

The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres has arrived in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, local media reported. There’s little information on the purpose of his visit. Local media reports that he is widely expected to address Somalia’s worsening humanitarian situation and show solidarity with its people in their fight against extremism. …

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in the sinking of three boats off Tunisia, the coast guard announced on Sunday. Twenty-nine bodies were found and the coast guard “rescued eleven illegal migrants of several African nationalities after the sinking of their boats” off the coast of …

Ethiopia has limited access to social media and messaging platforms amid mounting tensions between the authorities and the Orthodox church, local media reported. Netblocks, an organisation that monitors freedom of access to the internet, said the restrictions impacted Facebook, Messenger, Telegram and TikTok. This comes after the church’s highest body, …

The Catholic church in South Sudan is planning to hold special prayers on Thursday for the safe arrival of Pope Francis who is scheduled to be in the country on Friday. Pope Francis is currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he celebrated one of his biggest Masses on …

The Somali government says it has killed more than 130 fighters from the Islamist militant group al-Shabab – including top commanders. It says a joint operation was carried out with Somalia’s international partners, which include the US military. The group has recently lost swathes of territory as the result of …

A leader of the Daesh group, identified as Bilal al-Sudani, and “about ten people” linked to the terrorist organization were killed on Wednesday in a US raid in Somalia, the US executive said on Thursday. “Al-Sudani was responsible for encouraging the Islamic State group’s growing presence in Africa and funding …