Pope’s long-awaited visit to DRC and South Sudan where two of the world’s most neglected crises are ongoing.
The ADF, a central African affiliate of ISIL, is one of the deadliest armed groups in eastern DRC.
The M23 rebels have seized areas of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province in a rapid onslaught since May.
The US said the operation was carried out on January 25 on al-Sudani, ‘a key facilitator for ISIS’s global network’.
Protesters erect burning barricades in Port-au-Prince as anger bubbles over following recent killings by Haitian gangs.
The move comes after the Sahel country’s military rulers demanded that Paris withdraw its forces.
Sexual violence is surging in Haiti amid widespread insecurity, advocates say, but impunity ‘remains the norm’.
Kinshasa denies Kigali’s claim calling the incident a ‘deliberate act of aggression that amounts to an act of war’.
Burkina Faso gov’t spokesman says the country wants to defend itself and France has one month to pull out troops.
Human rights ombudsman says 215 activists and social leaders killed across Colombia last year, up from 145 in 2021.
Military-ruled Burkina Faso suspends accord with France, orders troops to leave within a month, reports state media.
Kenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia.
Military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said armed men are switching tactics to target more civilians.
The rebels have been accused of flouting a ceasefire and making withdrawals critics consider to be mainly ceremonial.
