Thousands of internally displaced people gather at Emmanuel Church Compound in Yei, South Sudan. UNHCR/Rocco Nuri Extremely concerned by the continuing deterioration of the security situation in the South Sudanese town of Yei, where an estimated 100,000 people are trapped, the United Nations mission in the African UNMISS, was set up in 2011 after South Sudan gained independence from Sudan. people are internally displaced and another 261,000 are refugees from Sudan, DRC, Ethiopia, and Central African

observed three advanced drones at the RSF-controlled Nyala Airport, some 200 kilometres (124 miles) south Earlier this month, the army successfully wrested control of key state capital Wad Madani, just south

The North West and South West regions of Cameroon have suffered a bloody conflict between anglophone

July 26, 2022 (JUBA) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the First Vice President Riek Machar have “His Excellency, the President of the Republic [of South Sudan] and His Excellency, the First Vice President

for years settled in communities along the Nigeria-Niger border, marrying local women and recruiting youth Fulfulde is primarily spoken by the Fulani group whose members are spread across West Africa. military seized power in July 2023, but Nigeria, the current leader of the Economic Community of West African

In 2002, a failed coup ignited a civil war that essentially split Ivory Coast in two, with the south alike, helping Ivory Coast to largely regain its historic role as the financial hub of francophone West Africa "Rising inequality and high youth unemployment are breeding resentment," he added.

The strikes in Lebanon took place in the area south of the coastal city of Tyre. Lebanese media also reported strikes on the outskirts of the village of al-Qulaila, another 4km further south

It is to these “African tribes” that the Northern Rizeigat (Arab) leader Musa Hilal was referring. And while the occupational distinction between non-Arab/African “farmers” and Arab “pastoralists” or supposed to be a place of safety,” said Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa , North, and Central Darfur—is UN/African Union propaganda. constant—ER] The suffering of the displaced is not “sporadic”… Jehanne Henry, team leader of the HRW Africa

Heavy fighting erupted Tuesday between armed groups in Central African Republic only hours after a peace Another accord, shepherded by the African Union, was signed in 2014. Neither lasted. Central African Republic has faced fighting since 2013, when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized The international community already has pledged $2.2 billion in recovery aid for Central African Republic The new violence “shows the fragility of the situation in the Central African Republic,” Touadera said

Amhara region since 28 September 2024, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa -Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's Regional Director for East and Southern Africa “Ethiopian authorities

© UNHCR/Ala Kheir| Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda boarder crossing over 433,000 internally displaced (IDPs) are estimated to be living, adding to nearly 300,000 mostly South

On May 14th of this year the African Union’s human-rights body held a hearing in a case accusing the hampered any hope that those most responsible will be held to account,” says Laetitia Bader, HRW's Horn of Africa