KINSHASA— Over 40 civilians in the DR of Congo have reportedly been killed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the last three days, the Convention for the Respect of Human Rights (CDRH) has reported. CDRH said the ADF massacred more than 40 people from Friday, May 27 to Sunday, May 29, in Beu-Manyama and Bulongo. The human rights organisation

KIGALI— Rwanda will retaliate against any further attacks launched from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the East African nation’s foreign minister warned, as tensions between the two neighbours soar. A diplomatic feud between Kigali and Kinshasa has escalated in recent days as both sides trade accusations of aiding armed militias in the volatile eastern DRC region which borders Rwanda. Rwanda

Suspected terrorists attacked a U.N. peacekeeping convoy in northern Mali on Wednesday, the United Nations said. A Jordanian peacekeeper was killed and three other Jordanians were wounded. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the supply convoy was under sustained fire for about an hour from attackers who used small arms and rocket launchers. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack

BRAZZAVILLE— Seven African countries have cumulatively reported nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases so far this year, with 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said as the number of infections worldwide continues to climb following the latest outbreak. The cases have been reported in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the

As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease’s spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have dealt with it for decades. Countries including Britain, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, the United States,

Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 15 civilians in a village in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the militant group said on an affiliated Telegram channel. A rights group and a local official said on Monday that fighters believed to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed the village

N’DJAMENA— Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in northern Chad, Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday. Violence broke out on May 23 at Kouri Bougoudi near the Libyan border, sparked by a “mundane dispute between two people which degenerated”, he said, adding that the toll was “around 100 dead and at least 40

Clashes last week between gold miners in the country’s north left more than 100 people dead, the Chadian government said. The clashes took place May 23 and 24 in the Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya. The area is home to many unregulated mines where people search for gold. Chad’s minister of defense said Monday that according to

KHARTOUM— Sudanese security forces killed Saturday a protester during the latest mass demonstrations against last year’s military coup, medics said. The killed protester, yet to be identified, died after “taking a bullet to the chest” during rallies in the capital Khartoum, the pro-democracy Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said. The latest death brings to 97 the toll from a crackdown

Africa risks sliding into stagflation – a cycle of slow growth and high inflation – as it battles the lingering effects of the Covid pandemic and rising fuel and food prices caused by the Ukraine conflict, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said. Despite experiencing relatively low death rates compared to more developed regions, Africa was dealt a heavy economic blow