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Apr
29
2023
By The African Mirror
How Sudan’s military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

How Sudan’s military factions set path to war as mediation stalled

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and AIDAN LEWIS ALARMED that movements of rival military factions in Sudan could bring bloodshed, a group of mediators pushed for last-ditch talks between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary commander General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo two weeks ago. But neither of Sudan's two most powerful men showed up to the meeting, convened at presidential offices in central Khartoum at 10 a.m. on April 15, three of the Sudanese mediators said, in details revealed for the first time here. Instead, fighting was breaking out across the country. At about 8.30 a.m. shooting started at the Soba military camp…
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Jan
31
2023
By The African Mirror
Analysis: Israel and Palestinians risk deeper conflict in a distracted world

Analysis: Israel and Palestinians risk deeper conflict in a distracted world

WORLD
HENRIETTE CHACAR and NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI AFTER the bloodshed in Jerusalem and the West Bank and a month since Israel's most right-wing government took office, Israel and the Palestinians risk sliding into a cycle of wider confrontation with pressure on both sides for retaliation, analysts say. A Palestinian gunman shot dead seven people near a synagogue in Jerusalem's outskirts on Friday evening, a day after Israeli forces carried out a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin which killed 10 people including seven gunmen. Israel said on Saturday it was sending army reinforcements to the West Bank and promised…
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Nov
04
2022
By The African Mirror
Kenya deploys troops to DRC

Kenya deploys troops to DRC

NEWS
EDWIN WAITA KENYA'S President William Ruto officially deployed troops to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to join an East African regional force aiming to end decades of bloodshed. The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC), which Congo joined this year, agreed in April to set up a joint force to fight militia groups in Congo's east. The Kenyan troops will join a contingent from Burundi. Despite billions of dollars spent on one of the United Nation's largest peacekeeping forces, more than 120 armed groups continue to operate across large swathes of eastern Congo, including the M23 rebels, which Congo has…
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Nov
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Election-linked clashes have killed 85 in Ivory Coast, government says

Election-linked clashes have killed 85 in Ivory Coast, government says

NEWS
EIGHTY-five people have been killed in violence linked to Ivory Coast's disputed October 31 election, the government said before a meeting between President Alassane Ouattara and a key opposition leader aimed at calming tensions. The new death toll doubles a previous estimate of those killed in clashes between rival political supporters before and after the vote, which handed Ouattara a third term that his opponents say is illegal. Government spokesman Sidi Toure blamed the bloodshed on the opposition, which called on its supporters to boycott the election and launched civil disobedience campaigns in recent weeks. "These protests were designed to…
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