Eritrea-Ethiopia Tensions Raise Fears of Renewed Conflict Eritrea and Ethiopia both claim to be preparing for war, with the landlocked Ethiopia claiming it needs access to the Red Sea, which is viewed by Eritrea as a provocation. Violence is escalating in the Tigray region as tensions increase. Violence along their shared Tigray border escalated,…
Sudan’s RSF Accused of Coordinated Genocide in Darfur A UN fact-finding mission concluded that atrocities committed during the siege and capture of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces amounted to genocide. This is the closest the UN has come to declaring that RSF fighters in Darfur are carrying out genocide…
Dozens of Miners Dead After Suspected Gas Leak in Nigeria At least 33 miners were reported dead in central Nigeria’s Plateau state after a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine operated by Solid Unity Nigeria Ltd. Toxic gas is believed to have built up in poorly ventilated tunnels, causing workers to collapse near…
UN Agency Launches $1.6 Billion Appeal to Support Refugees in Seven Countries As the war in Sudan approached its fourth year, the UNHCR and 123 partners appealed for $1.6 billion to support millions forced to flee the country. The 2026 Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) aims to deliver lifesaving assistance this year to 5.9 million…
US Sanctions Eight Nigerians for Alleged Terror, Cybercrime The United States imposed sanctions on eight Nigerians over alleged links to Boko Haram, ISIL, and cybercrime. The sanctions were announced in a February 10 publication by the United States Department of the Treasury through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The individuals were added…
WHO Calls Guinea-Bissau Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial ‘Unethical’ A now-halted plan to test different hepatitis B vaccine schedules on newborns in Guinea-Bissau drew strong criticism from the World Health Organization, which called the study “unethical”. The US health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., had funded a trial involving 14,000 babies, giving one…
200 U.S. Troops Heading to Nigeria for Counter-Terror Training The United States is set to send about 200 troops to Nigeria to train the military in its fight against Islamist militants, adding to a small US team already in the country after the first acknowledged US ground presence since the Christmas Day airstrikes ordered…
Kenya Rescues 27 Citizens Illegally Recruited for Russia-Ukraine War The government successfully rescued and repatriated 27 Kenyans who had been stranded in Russia after being illegally recruited to join the Russia-Ukraine war, said Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi. Their return was secured through diplomatic efforts led by Kenya’s mission in Moscow. Mudavadi said most…
53 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off Libya A rubber boat carrying 55 migrants from several African countries overturned off the coast of Libya after taking on water about six hours after leaving al-Zawiya, the UN migration agency said. Only two Nigerian women survived, and both received emergency medical care from the International Organisation…
