Security

Fighting resumed between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and the M23 rebels on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning in the Rutshuru territory of North Kivu province. “Many people are fleeing hostilities, after weeks of calm in the area,” a local journalist, Alain Mirova said. A local civil society group …

Madagascar’s president has sacked his foreign minister, Richard Randriamandrato, for voting at the United Nations to condemn Russia’s annexation of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing two sources in the president’s office. Last Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn what it called Russia’s …

Tigray’s rebel forces in northern Ethiopia region have called on the international community to enforce an immediate ceasefire between them and the Ethiopian government or help them defend themselves, the group said in a statement on Twitter. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) called on the international community to “compel …

World’s richest man Elon Musk said his company Starlink will no longer pay to provide internet services in Ukraine, asking the US government to fund the cost of the satellite internet connection system in Ukraine. For several months, Elon Musk’s space company, which provides the Starlink satellite Internet system, has …

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Thursday dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu that had been brought by the government, in a unanimous decision by all three judges hearing the case, Reuters reported. The lead judge dismissed a seven count charge of terrorism against Kanu and discharged him, citing …

Any nuclear attack by Russia against Ukraine will lead to a military response from the West, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell, on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is not bluffing with the nuclear threat. “He must then understand that the countries that support Ukraine, …

Belarus “would be well advised” not to enter the war in Ukraine, warned the head of French diplomacy Catherine Colonna, citing the possibility of sanctions. “The question will most certainly be on the agenda for the G7 discussions” which meets virtually on Tuesday in an emergency, the day after the …

Electricity will be cut in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as Russian forces launch strikes on several towns across the country, the spokesman for the Ukrainian embassy in France has said. This measure, adopted as a preventive measure, aims to reduce the risks for the inhabitants of the capital in the …

Former US President Donald Trump harshly criticized his successor, Joe Biden, whom he accuses of not understanding the issues surrounding the current conflict in Ukraine and of dragging the world into a new global conflict. “We have a war between Russia and Ukraine with potentially hundreds of thousands of people …

Chad’s military ruler Gen Mahamat Déby will be sworn in on Monday as the transitional president, extending his stay in power by two years following recommendations from a contentious national inclusive dialogue process that concluded last week Various opposition groups, the Catholic church and rebels responsible for last year’s killing …