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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed has said he will lead his country’s army from the battlefront beginning from today. A statement issued by Ahmed announced that he would mobilize to the front to lead the defense forces. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to have been killed in the war between Ethiopian and allied forces, and fighters from the country’s northern Tigray region, who dominated the national government before […]

  Sudanese authorities have restored the internet nearly a month after it was suspended. A court had ordered the country's three main telecom companies to restore the internet on 9 November, but the outage persisted. Deadly anti-coup protests have been taking place in the capital Khartoum and other parts of Sudan since Abdel al-Burhan seized power on 25 October. Activists and opposition groups have managed to draw attention to the […]

At least 20 gendarmes and a civilian in Northern Burkina Faso have been killed by gunmen in the tri-border region where the country has for years been battling armed groups. The Security Minister,Maxime Konewho disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday said the toll from the attack on a military police outpost near a gold mine in Inata was provisional. Kone disclosed that there was no immediate claim of responsibility for […]

At least one protester was killed on Thursday, the fourth day of confrontations between soldiers and anti-coup protesters in Khartoum, as the UN Security Council called on the military to restore the civilian-led government they toppled on Monday. Security forces have clashed with protesters furious over a military coup that derailed a fragile transition to democracy and sparked an international outcry, with the United States and United Nations dialing up […]

Ethiopia army launched co-ordinated attacks on all fronts against forces from the northern Tigray region. The Ethiopian government has not confirmed any fighting. A senior rebel said the government was using artillery, tanks, jets and drones in an attempt to "reinvade" the region. Spokesperson for the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Billene Seyoum, said the government had a responsibility to protect its citizens across the country from acts of terrorism but gave […]