Quarter of schools closed in Burkina Faso as fighting escalates after coup
Nearly 1 million children denied education, along with many more across eight countries in central and west Africa, new report warns A quarter of schools...
Category : Conflict and arms
Ethiopian troops accused of mass killings of civilians in Amhara region
Exclusive: Witnesses say federal forces have been looting villages and shooting farmers in their hunt for defiant Fano militiamen Ethiopian soldiers killed more than 70...
Rape still a weapon of war in Tigray months after peace deal
Medical records from across the region show sexual violence continues to be used ‘to intimidate and terrorise communities’ Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers continue a widespread...
Civilians targeted in war-torn Khartoum as poor and elderly remain trapped
Latest atrocities in Sudan war include the shelling of house of traditional healer, who died with her children and neighbours People trapped in the Sudanese...
‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry
Up to 17,000 more children a day lack food, Save the Children say, as global indifference to humanitarian crisis condemned as ‘racist’ The past four...
Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Amhara region kills at least 26 people
Residents say attack on town square in Finote Selam targeted ethnic Fano militia but civilians were also hit An airstrike on a busy town square...
Ethiopia declares a state of emergency in Amhara amid increasing violence
Clashes between the army and a regional militia threaten public security and are causing ‘serious economic and humanitarian damage’, said officials Ethiopia’s council of ministers...
The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by | Kate Ferguson
Peace between Hemedti’s RSF and Sudan’s army will not end war crimes. As UN security council president, Britain must act As conflict in Sudan escalates,...
Sudan: Attacks on health workers jeopardise remaining hospitals operating in Khartoum
A rise in violence towards staff has led Médecins Sans Frontières to rethink its presence in the Sudanese capital as intense fighting continues Increased violence...
War crimes surge in Burkina Faso, the world’s ‘most neglected crisis’
Villagers increasingly caught up in army crackdown on Islamist militants, with both sides accused of mass killings of civilians Civilians in Burkina Faso are being...
