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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and long-time rival Riek Machar on Tuesday signed ceasefire deal following talks in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
The two who lead the factions fighting in South Sudan met face-to-face last week in Addis Ababa for the first time since 2016.
Syria’s army launched an assault on the flashpoint southern city of Daraa Tuesday, state media said, after a week of deadly bombardment on the nearby countryside caused mass displacement.
Government forces have set their sights on retaking the south of the country, a strategic area that borders Jordan and the Golan Heights.
Heavy fighting broke out between Puntland army forces and Somaliand soldiers in Las Anod town.
The fighting flared up when Heavily armed forces belonging to Puntland State have launched fresh attack on police stations run by the break-away of Somaliland soldiers.
At least 16 Fulani herders have been killed in suspected ethnic clashes in central Mali, the government and local sources said on Sunday, underscoring the chronic instability blighting the West African nation ahead of elections next month.
At least two soldiers were killed and four others injured in two separate clashes between security personnel and militants in Pakistan on Saturday, local media and officials said.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistani army, said in a statement that two soldiers and six terrorists were killed in an operation in South Waziristan area of the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Armed opposition group, Patriotic Ginbot7 (PG7) announced that it has unilaterally suspended all operations using firearms to show its support for the ongoing political changes undertaken by a reformist group within the ruling party, spearheaded by the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
For the past many years, the Ethiopian people have engaged in a painstaking struggle to extricate themselves from brutal repression and to transition to a democratic order.
At least 45 Afghan security forces and 16 militants have been killed after Taleban militants attacked security checkpoints in two Afghanistan provinces, authorities said on Wednesday.
In one attack, 30 Afghan Army soldiers and 16 Taleban militants were killed overnight after militants stormed two security checkpoints in Badghis province, provincial governor Abdul Qhafoor Malikzai told Xinhua news agency.