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Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin
By Reuters,
956, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Syrian government forces on Wednesday closed in on a rebel-held town in Idlib that was bombed with sarin in 2017, sources on both sides said, building...
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Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in
By VOA,
1053, August 14, 2019 (EAT)
Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...
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WFP to resume food aid to Yemenis in Houthi-controlled area
By VOA,
1435, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
The World Food Program said Friday that it would resume food aid next week to 850,000 Yemeni civilians in Sanaa who have not received rations for two ...
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Sudan military, opposition sign constitutional declaration
By Reuters,
1914, August 4, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialed a constitutional declaration on Sunday, paving the way for a transitional government...
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Four children killed in attack on Yemen market
By CNN,
2125, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
Four children were among 14 civilians killed in an airstrike on Al-Thabet market in Yemen's northern Saada province on Monday, according to Houthi a...
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Congo Islamist ADF rebels kill 12 in Ebola area
By Reuters,
1059, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
Islamist rebels killed twelve people in two attacks in an area of east Congo that is struggling to contain an Ebola epidemic, local authorities said o...
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Car bomb kills 11, injures many others in Syria
By Reuters,
1950, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
A car bomb killed 11 people and wounded many others on Thursday in Syria’s Afrin city, which Turkey-backed rebels captured from Kurdish fighters las...
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Cameroon opposition leader released after abduction in Anglophone region
By Reuters,
1022, June 30, 2019 (EAT)
The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released by his captors on Saturday after being abducted by unidentified gunmen in the c...
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‘Dozens’ killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt: regional government
By Reuters,
1145, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup by a rogue state militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region at the weekend, the regional gove...
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Colombian armed groups recruiting desperate Venezuelans, army says
By Reuters,
2059, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
Venezuela’s crisis is spilling across the border into Colombia as Marxist rebels and right-wing paramilitaries recruit migrants to strengthen their ...
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Russians, Ukrainian to face murder charges over downing of Flight MH17
By Reuters,
929, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
Three Russians and a Ukrainian will face murder charges for the deaths of 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that was shot down over east...
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Chad opposition leader arrested in France on crime against humanity charges
By Reuters,
1230, June 18, 2019 (EAT)
France has arrested a Chad rebel leader along with two other people for alleged crimes against humanity, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monda...
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Four Cameroon police killed by suspected separatist bomb -govt
By Reuters,
1933, June 16, 2019 (EAT)
Cameroon’s government said on Sunday that separatists in its restive English-speaking region had detonated an improvised explosive device that kille...
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PM: Mali massacre victims included 24 children
By VOA,
1419, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Bodies recovered from a massacre of almost 100 people by a Malian ethnic militia included at least 24 children, many of them shot in the back, the pri...
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Two Sudan rebel leaders arrested after meeting Ethiopia PM: sources
By Reuters,
920, June 9, 2019 (EAT)
Two Sudanese rebel leaders were arrested early on Saturday shortly after meeting visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is trying to mediat...
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Attacks on civilians, infrastructure in Syria might be war crimes
By VOA,
1133, June 8, 2019 (EAT)
The United Nations is demanding an immediate end to indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in northwest Syria, warning t...
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Congo forces kill 26 Islamist rebels in Ebola zone shootout
By Reuters,
2044, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
Congolese forces killed 26 rebels on Thursday from a group thought to be linked to Islamic State while repelling an attack in east Congo’s Ebola zon...
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Sudan rebel leader returns home despite death sentence
By VOA,
1140, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
A Sudanese rebel leader has returned home despite a 2014 death sentence given in abstentia, saying he will stay even though Sudan's military junta has...
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Schoolgirls used as human shields in Congo due to ‘magical powers’ – charities
By Reuters,
1903, May 20, 2019 (EAT)
Schoolgirls in the Democratic Republic of Congo were raped, forced into marriage and used as human shields by militias who believed they had “magica...
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Kenya, Cameroon militaries fighting terrorism through development
By VOA,
2128, May 20, 2019 (EAT)
A delegation from the Kenyan military is sharing experience on how the Cameroon military engineering corps has taken over road construction projects i...
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