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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Armed Groups

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Africa

Sudan Faces Collapse Amid Armed Group Proliferation

  Sudan is at risk of becoming a failed state as civil society collapses due to a rise in armed groups, according to Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council as reported by BBC Africa. Alongside the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, smaller ethnic groups are looting and attacking civilians. Egeland described the conflict as parties "tearing down their own houses" and massacring their people. The 19-month power […]

todayNovember 25, 2024 9

Africa

Violence at the Kenya-Ethiopia border: what’s driving insecurity in the region

    By Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, University of Rwanda   Communal conflict is endemic in the vast arid region on both sides of the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Fresh alarm has been sparked in both countries following a kidnapping and armed attacks on police and civilians in Kenya’s Marsabit county, in the extreme north of the country. Oscar Mwangi Gakuo, who has studied the roots of conflict in the border region, sets […]

todaySeptember 13, 2024 36

Africa

UK charity convoy attacked in DR Congo conflict zone

A convoy of a UK charity organization was attacked by angry youths in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as it was heading to deliver aid to displaced people in a conflict zone. Local authorities say 5 vehicles belonging to the charity known as Tearfund were burnt and two people were killed in the attack in North Kivu province.   The North Kivu province has been racked by […]

todayJuly 2, 2024 22

Africa

Nigerian bandits strategically target school children for kidnappings – here’s why

    By Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies   It is every parent’s worst nightmare: armed criminals attacking their child’s school, kidnapping students and teachers. In some parts of Nigeria, this scenario is not just the stuff of nightmares – it has become all too common in the past 10 years. The most famous incident was the mass abduction of 276 students from a girls’ school in Chibok, a […]

todayMarch 27, 2024 11

Africa

South Africa to deploy troops to DRC

South Africa will deploy 2,900 troops to help fight armed groups east of the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a Southern African Development Community initiative. Reuters reports that the one-year deployment will cover the period between 15 December  2023 and 15 December 2024, and will cost around 2 billion rand. The SADC force has an offensive mandate to support Congo's army fight armed groups. It will include troops […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 9

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