Security

South Sudanese security forces on Monday morning withdrew from First Vice-President Riek Machar’s residence in the capital, Juba, his office has told the BBC. Mr Machar reported to his office on Monday and was working normally, according to his press secretary Puok Both Baluang. The security forces had been deployed …

The residence of South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar is said to be surrounded by security forces in the capital Juba, a day after he called on regional and international leaders to intervene to end renewed fighting in the states of Unity and Upper Nile – which are considered his …

Rwanda said it needs additional funding to keep its troops in northern Cabo Delgado region in Mozambique where they are fighting Islamist militants. Rwandan High Commissioner to Mozambique said they had asked the European Union for financial support for the troops to bring the situation in the region under control, …

A Sudanese protester has been shot dead by security forces on Thursday during anti-coup demonstrations held across the country, several media reported. Thousands of Sudanese were marching towards the presidential palace in the capital city Khartoum. They were met by gunfire and tear gas from security forces, the BBC reported. …

At least 15 people, including a female member of the Somali federal parliament, were killed in two suicide bombings in Beledweyne town in central Somalia. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has termed the killing of Amina Mohamed Abdi “an assassination”. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has tweeted a message of …

A gunfight at the entrance to the international airport complex outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least eight people dead, local media reported. Aden Adde International Airport hosts peacekeepers, the offices of UN organisations and diplomatic missions. According to a police spokesman, five of the dead were foreigners, …

Somali security forces have thwarted an attack on a military base at the sprawling international airport complex outside the capital, Mogadishu, the state television reported. The Somali army killed two armed assailants who were trying to break into a military base, state television said. Earlier in the day, state TV …

The Ugandan army has retrieved the bodies of two soldiers and three government geologists who were killed in the north-eastern region of Karamoja. The geologists were on a mission to collect soil samples in the mineral-rich region. Their bodies have been handed over to the energy ministry, according to military …

Foreign ministry in Sudan on Tuesday denied the presence of Russian private military contractor Wagner Group in the country, in response to a statement by Western diplomats, Reuters reports. The Sudanese statement comes after one of Sudan’s military leaders paid a high-profile visit to Russia on the eve of Russia’s …

More than 10 members of the security forces died in eastern Burkina Faso after an attack by suspected jihadists, military sources said. It followed Sunday’s attack on a military patrol and security team in Natiaboni, a rural town in the east. The region is among those hit by rising insecurity …