Conflict in Burkina Faso: Islamist extremist groups expand control to new fronts
SAM MEDNICK, of Associated Press, reports on the expanding conflict in the West African nation…
Thousands protest in Burkina Faso over jihadist attacks
Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoReuters Thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday to call for a tougher government response to a wave of jihadist attacks that has destabilised the West African country in recent years. Some had travelled hundreds of kilometres to attend the opposition-led demonstration in Ouagadougou, where protesters waved the red […]
In Kenya, faith groups work to resettle youth returning from al-Shabaab
Nairobi, Kenya RNS In Kenya’s coastal region, interfaith efforts to slow down or end youth recruitment into the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab are gaining progress, with some recruits abandoning the extremist group’s training grounds in southern Somalia to return home. The group – al-Qaeda’s affiliate in East Africa – had stepped up secret recruitments in […]
North-east Nigeria insurgency has killed almost 350,000 – UN
Abuja, NigeriaReuters North-east Nigeria’s conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme said on Thursday. The toll, given by the UN agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods, is 10 times higher than previous estimates of about […]
At least 55 killed in eastern Congo massacres, UN says
Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters At least 55 people were killed in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations said on Monday, in potentially the worst night of violence the area has seen in at least four years. The army and a local civil rights group blamed the Allied Democratic Forces, […]