Security

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for “silencing the guns” in Gaza and releasing the hostages held there since the start of the war on October 7, “to honor the spirit of Ramadan”. As the Muslim world enters the holy month of fasting, many residents of the Palestinian territory were awakened …

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have denied reports that the country has signed a military co-operation agreement with Russia. “There is, to date, no military co-operation agreement signed recently between Russia and the Democratic Republic of Congo,” the ministry of communication and media said in a statement on …

Fighters from the M23 rebel group have captured the town of Nyanzale from the military in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “We are now in Nyanzale, the enemy has fled,” rebel spokesperson Willy Ngoma told the BBC Great Lakes service. Army commander Jerome Chico Tshitambwe confirmed to the Reuters …

Jimmy Chérizier, alias “Barbecue”, considered the most powerful gang leader in Haiti, set the scene this Tuesday, March 5, for the crisis currently affecting the poorest country on the American continent. The gangs, which control entire swaths of Haiti and the capital, announced last week that they were ganging up …

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reacted after the killing of one of its staff in the country. In fact, it has severely condemned the killing of Charles Kiir Gone. Charles Kiir Gone was serving with the peacekeeping mission in Wau, in the north-west of the country. …

A colonel in Mali’s army has been arrested over his recently released book, which contained accusations that the army has committed human rights abuses against civilians. In the 400-page book titled Mali: The Challenge of Terrorism in Africa, Col Alpha Yaya Sangaré, citing human rights groups, wrote: “Since 2016, the …

Nearly 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over 52 million euros ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled on Wednesday, in a record reparations order. Judges said Ongwen, a former child-soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the …

The head of Guinea’s junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has appointed former opposition leader Mamadou Oury Bah as the country’s prime minister. The nomination comes a week after the interim president Doumbouya dissolved the government. His first task will be to resolve the current social crisis in the country. Trade unions …

A 47-year-old driver has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for having sexual intercourse with his 13-year-old stepdaughter at Tetegu in Accra, Ghana. “The suspect has taken advantage of the absence of the victim’s mother and defiled the 13-year-old twice,” according to reports. The victim informed her mother upon her …

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 15 people to prison after finding them guilty of financing terrorism through illegal gold trade. The tribunal on Thursday jailed 10 suspects for terms ranging between five and eight years and handed five others 10-year terms. The court also …