More than 50 people have been beheaded in northern Mozambique by militant Islamists, state media report.
The militants turned a football pitch in a village into an “execution ground”, where they decapitated and chopped bodies, other reports said.
Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
Mozambique: Islamic State (IS) militants behead more than 50 people in Cabo Delgado province
Monday, 9 November, 2020
Libya: Warring factions to meet for peace talks
Representatives of Libya’s two warring factions will today begin talks to reach a political solution to the Second Libyan Civil War.
The internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) are expected to reinforce the ceasefire signed on October 23 and to work toward a framework for establishing and electing members of a new national government in the next 18 months.
Saturday, 7 November, 2020
Ethiopia: Ethiopian air force bombs military facilities of Tigray People’s Liberation Front in northern region
Ethiopia’s air force bombed military targets in the restive northern Tigray region, escalating a conflict in Africa’s second-most populous nation that risks turning into a full-blown civil war.
The air strikes targeted arms depots in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle, and other locations around the city, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on state television Friday. The military acted on information that the region’s ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front planned to use rockets against federal forces and its assault on the region will continue, he said.
Thursday, 5 November, 2020
Ethiopia: Ethiopia orders military offensive after army base seized by Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has ordered a military offensive, after an army base was taken over by forces loyal to the regional government of Tigray.
Mr Abiy accused the region’s ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), of launching the attack.
Saturday, 31 October, 2020
Ethiopia: Clashes between militias of 2 Somali and Afar Ethiopian States kill 27 people amid border dispute
Clashes between two Ethiopian states that have long disputed their border have killed at least 27 people, a government statement said, as the country faces surging ethnic violence.
The 27 were killed “due to conflicts along the borders of Somali and Afar”, the statement said. Militias from the two eastern states have clashed before over their disputed boundaries.