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Ethiopia and Eritrea on Monday formally declared an end to their “state of war,” a two-decade-long standoff that followed a brutal war over their shared border.
The official end of hostilities is expected to bring some stability to a part of the world better known for its enduring conflicts, and to a region that abuts one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world even as war rages on in Yemen, just across the Red Sea.
Militants have launched their first major attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu since the start of Ramadan almost two months ago.
Journalists say al-Shabaab fighters stormed the ministry of the interior and national security after detonating two car bombs.
At least 17 people were killed in fighting between militants from Somalia’s al-Shabaab group and clan militias in the central semi-autonomous region Galmudug, residents and the group told Reuters.
Somali state-run Radio Muqdisho reported fighting in the Haradheere area, which started on Wednesday, was triggered by alleged al-Shabaab conscription of teenagers into their ranks.
SITE Intelligence Group says the Mali branch of al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on French forces which officials said killed four civilians in the northern city of Gao.
The U.S.-based monitoring group said Monday the al-Qaeda-linked militants, known by the acronym JNIM, said the suicide attack, along with another Friday on the G5 Sahel headquarters, was a message to the “French and their African allies” referring to the African Union Summit in Mauritania which French President Emmanuel Macron is attending Monday.
Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.
Assailants driving a vehicle rigged with bombs attacked the compound in the town of Sevare as some exchanged gunfire with Malian troops and fought to get in, officials said.