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400 rebels in Chad were handed life sentences following the death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed in 2021, a public prosecutor said. After a mass trial, they were sentenced for "acts of terrorism, mercenarism,…

Safari Hangi walked for hours with a baby strapped to his back and six young children in tow trying to find safety as apparent gains by rebel forces in eastern Congo sparked a fresh exodus of people towards the provincial capital Goma. The…

Hundreds of displaced women in Goma called for the departure of the rebel group M23 and an end to the violence in Eastern Congo.  The women said they're suffering from hunger and their children have been unable to attend school. With…

The European Union has urged Rwanda to stop supporting the M23 rebel group, which has captured swaths of territory in North Kivu province in neighbouring (DRC). The DRC along with the United States and several European countries has…

M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 29-30 according to preliminary findings, the UN mission in the country said. Authorities in Kinshasa had said that some 300 people, almost all…

Warring sides in the Ethiopian conflict agreed on peace roadmap. The Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces and Head of the Tigray Forces signed an agreement in Nairobi Kenya that they said calls for disengagement from all forms of…

The rebel authorities in Ethiopia's Tigray region have confirmed their participation in talks scheduled for Monday in South Africa, under the aegis of the African Union (AU), aimed at ending the two-year conflict in the north of the…

The Ethiopian government announced on Wednesday that it had accepted an invitation from the African Union (AU) to hold peace talks with rebels in the northern region of Tigray, without specifying a date or location. "The African Union…

Ethiopia's Tigray rebels say they would accept a peace process with the federal authorities led by the African Union. The rebels, from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a party that ruled Ethiopia for nearly three decades…

Thousands of former rebels swore an oath of loyalty in a ceremony held under tight security in South Sudan. Nearly 22,000 men and women, drawn from the main parties as well as the South Sudan Opposition Alliance, participated in…