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Saturday, 22 March, 2025

Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s army says it killed more than 300 Fano militiamen in two days of fighting

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Ethiopia’s army said on Friday its troops had killed more than 300 fighters from the Fano armed group in two days of clashes in the northern Amhara region, as fears have emerged of a wider regional war.

The Fano militia fought alongside the army and Eritrean forces in a two-year civil war that pitted Addis Ababa against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the northern region of Tigray.

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Friday, 14 March, 2025

Ethiopia and Eritrea on path to war, Tigray officials warn

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Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the tensions have warned, risking another humanitarian disaster in the Horn of Africa.

Direct clashes between two of Africa’s largest armies would signal the death blow for a historic rapprochement for which Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 and could draw in other regional powers, analysts said.

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Tuesday, 25 February, 2025

Senegal: Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) separatist rebels sign peace accord

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Senegal’s new government and pro-independence Casamance rebels in the country’s south have signed an “important agreement” aimed at bringing definitive peace to a region that has endured four decades of conflict, broadcaster RTS said Monday.

The agreement was signed by Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko during a visit to Bissau on Sunday where he met members of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) at talks mediated by Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo.

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Sunday, 23 February, 2025

Sudan: Army captures new town amid military advances against Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group

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The Sudanese army captured a new town in southern Sudan on Sunday, in the latest military gains against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group.

The Nidaa Al-Wasat Platform, a local volunteer group, said in a brief statement that the RSF has no military presence in Alkotainh town in the White Nile State.

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Friday, 14 February, 2025

Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels capture Kabamba town

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The town fell to M23 forces overnight from Thursday to Friday, marking a significant gain for the rebel group in their push toward South Kivu’s capital, Bukavu.

“The M23 rebels are advancing toward Bukavu, that’s their end goal,” said a local leader who preferred anonymity to speak freely to ChimpReports.

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