Tag: Africa

« We have sufficiently alerted to the ongoing genocide and condemn the silence of humanitarian and human rights organizations. We received more than 5,000 families in Bwiza fleeing the government coalition that is killing them. Enough is enough » -A tweet from both the M23 and Lawrence Kanyuka, a...

Efforts for peace continue to be made in the Congo. On the 23rd of November in Luanda, a peace conference was held in an attempt to solve the crisis ongoing in DRC’s east. At quick glance it may look like the conference, and the subsequent conference held in Nairobi...

Throughout the nation, including the capital city of Bangui, fighting has broken out between the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) and the Central Africa military (Forces armées centrafricaines; FACA). CPC forces attacked FACA positions primarily near Bossangoa in Ouham, but reports indicate fighting has spread throughout the country....

« No one will take Goma » A strong message from Kenyan General Jeff Nyagah, the head of the East African Community’s (EAC) intervention force in the Eastern Congo. His promise is in regards to the recent advances of the M23 rebels, who have been placed a mere 20km from...

Mogadishu, Somalia (Reuters) – At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a statement early on Sunday. "Our people who were massacred ... included mothers with their...

In a victory that surprised many, William Ruto has been declared the winner of the 2022 Kenyan election. The next steps are uncertain for the nations future, though, as the potential for legal challenges and even violence is rising. Ruto won with 50.5% of the vote, where as runner-up...