In 2012, when M23 rebels appeared poised to seize control of a major city in eastern Congo, western countries suspended aid ...

A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese ...

Rwanda-backed rebels have claimed control of eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions ...

A Rwanda-backed militia seized the pivotal Congolese city of Goma this week, threatening a new humanitarian crisis after ...

The M23 group is one of about 100 armed factions vying for a foothold in eastern Congo in one of Africa’s longest wars, which ...

(Beirut) – The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024 created new possibilities to ensure accountability for years of atrocity crimes and the opportunity to establish a new ...

A record 10,457 migrants, or 30 people a day, died trying to reach Spain in 2024, most while attempting to cross the Atlantic route from West African countries such as Mauritania and Senegal to ...

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech to French ambassadors posted around the world, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 at the Elysee Palace in Paris - Chad and Senegal have sharply criticized ...

Sonko strongly dismissed Macron's claims about the position of France in Senegal too. "I must emphasise that, in the case of Senegal, this assertion is entirely incorrect," he wrote on social media.

Chad and Senegal have criticised French President Emmanuel Macron after he said some African countries were ungrateful to France after it helped them combat jihadist insurgency in the Sahel. On Monday ...

This move follows broader trends across West Africa, with nations like Senegal and Chad also reevaluating their defence partnerships and asserting greater sovereignty. In a televised year-end ...