Security

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said a military offensive against al-Shabab aims to eliminate the al-Qaeda linked group in the next five months. Correspondents say a promise to eliminate the group is hugely optimistic seeing as it has been around since the early 2000s, is deeply embedded in communities …

Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet African heads of state on the sidelines of the BRICS summit next week “to advance China-Africa cooperation in the new era”, Reuters reported, citing China’s ambassador to South Africa. “The meeting will take place late on Thursday, the last day of the three-day summit,” …

Seven political parties in South Africa has signed a pact in a bid to unseat the governing African National Congress (ANC) in the 2024 election, the BBC reported. The Multi-Party Charter for South Africa said if they came to power, they would work together and allocate ministerial positions and parliamentary …

West African military chiefs have said they are prepared to use force to restore democracy in Niger following last month’s coup if diplomacy fails. The generals from the Ecowas group of nations are meeting in Ghana to co-ordinate possible military intervention. The Ecowas peace and security commissioner, Abdel-Fatau Musah, said …

Ecowas Chiefs of Staff are meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to discuss the deployment of a standby force for possible military intervention to restore democracy in Niger. At least 11 of the bloc’s 15-member states back a military deployment to reinstate the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, after diplomatic …

The African Union Chairperson said he is following closely and with deep concern the current situation in Ethiopia’s Amhara region where clashes between Fano militiamen and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) are taking place. Moussa Faki Mahamat calls for the parties to immediately cease the fighting and ensure the …

Chiefs of staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet this Thursday and Friday in Ghana to discuss possible military intervention in Niger, according to a regional military source, confirmed by a source at the ECOWAS. This meeting was to be held last Saturday, before being …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu mourned and paid tribute to soldiers who died in a helicopter crash during an evacuation mission in Niger State on Monday. The president said the “tragic loss of our officers and soldiers had brought immense sadness to me”. In a statement, he said they would be …

Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament has approved a state of emergency declared in connection with the ongoing violence in the country’s Amhara region, the BBC reported. The parliament’s session, unusually, was not televised but according to a report posted on the House’s Facebook page, the decree was approved with a …

The military regime in Niger said it is open to resolving the crisis through diplomatic means, the head of a delegation of Nigerian clerics reported on Sunday, the day after his visit to Niamey. Mr. Bazoum and his family have been held in the basement of his palace in Niamey, …