Ethnic profile: How Rapid Support Forces attack, kill non-Arab Masalit under pretext Tawila is ‘military zone’
The RSF has sought to justify the attack by claiming that Zam Zam was a “military zone” used by armed groups supporting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fasher. In reality, the camp was overwhelmingly a civilian space, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
No respite for the displaced in Sudan’s Darfur as paramilitary-turned-rebel RSF turn guns on civilians
Today, the town is one of Darfur and Sudan’s epicentres of displacement, its resources and solidarity stretched to breaking point as hundreds of thousands seek safety there from attacks by the paramilitary-turned-rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
West African militaries reduced to sitting ducks as resurgent Islamic States attacks in northeast Nigeria take worrying trend
In January, ISWAP overran an army base in Mallam Fatori near the Niger border, seizing weapons and killing the commanding officer. Events started to accelerate in March, especially in southern Borno, with attacks in Wajiroko, Kumshe and Katafila, among others.
Ivory traffickers arrested in northern Kenya as searchlight shows poachers are back with unseen ferocity after a lull
The KWS rangers in Turkana said they suspect the tusks were obtained by poachers who killed at least three elephants. The suspects will be charged with being in possession of wildlife trophies of endangered species contrary to section 92(4) of the Wildlife Conservation Management Act 2013.
Necessary evil: Although Contentious, study finds dehorning can save the African rhino
South Africa has the largest numbers of black and white rhinos. Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya also have significant populations. There are around 17,500 white rhinos and 6,500 black rhinos left in the world, with black rhino numbers reduced from 70,000 in 1970 to less than 2,500 by the time poaching reached a crisis point in the mid-1990s, according to the Save the Rhino organization.
‘Virgin Mary’: Spectre of Jesus ‘Mother’ in western Kenya pulls in pilgrims from all over East Africa to ‘Bethlehem of Busia’
Judith Nafula’s home has transformed into what some are calling the “Bethlehem of Busia” – attracting hundreds of visitors seeking miracles, healing and divine encounters. The visitors reportedly come from as far as Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and even Congo to marvel at the divine powers of the self-proclaimed Mary, the mother of Jesus.
Golden waste: How environmentalist rake in millions from garbage in Kenya’s frontier town of Garissa
In 2021, Kenya imported approximately 575,290 tonnes of raw plastic materials, valued at around Ksh98.2 billion.
Fighting between South Sudanese military and local militias kills scores of civilians
The fighting has led to UN warnings that South Sudan is again on the brink of civil war. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to send to South Sudan a group of eight deportees from Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere who have been convicted in the US of serious crimes, sparking a legal fight that has reached the Supreme Court.
Knock-on effect of Arsenal’s cluster injuries: Pre-season plans will be adjusted to provide players with best possible fitness
Player availability is a negotiation, too. Typically, managers want players on the pitch and players generally want to play. The job of a club’s medical department is to provide information and advise caution when necessary. But their authority is not absolute – and in these conversations, the views of the manager and player inevitably weigh heavily.