Pentagon: UAE funds Russian mercenary group Wagner in Libya

United Arab Emirates has been providing assistance to Russian mercenaries, according to a US Defense Intelligence Agency assessment reported by Foreign Policy magazine. Wagner supports the Haftar militia against the UN-backed government in Libya.

Tigray leader warns war not over as Ethiopia PM hails victory

Tigray People's Liberation Front chief Debretsion says he is close to Mekelle city "fighting the invaders" as PM Abiy lauds federal troops for defeating TPLF in just "three weeks."

UN: Military’s victory in Tigray does not signify end of Ethiopia conflict

UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi has urged Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy to address reports of abduction of some of the 100,000 Eritrean refugees near Tigray border.

Tigray forces claim downing Ethiopian military plane, retaking Axum town

Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of Tigray People's Liberation Front, says his fighters have captured pilot of downed plane and retaken Axum town from federal troops. Ethiopian government hasn't commented yet.

Death toll from Nigeria farm massacre rises to 110

UN revises death toll from initial 43 as residents bury scores of victims following a massacre allegedly by Boko Haram militants in northeastern Borno state.

Several explosions in Eritrean capital after Abiy's 'victory' in Tigray

The latest explosions came just hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory in his government’s fighting against forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which runs the northern Tigray region bordering Eritrea.

Dozens of farm workers killed in Nigeria massacre

Boko Haram militants slaughter at least 43 farm labourers in northeastern Borno state, says local militia leader who helped survivors.

Fresh ethnic violence in southern Chad leaves many dead

Officials in Chad say that cattle theft, sparked by the animals trampling farmers' fields, triggered the deadly violence.

Several dead as suicide bomber targets Somalia's Mogadishu

Attacker blows himself up in an ice-cream parlour in capital Mogadishu, killing six people and wounding eight others, officials say.

Ethiopia's Abiy rejects talks with Tigray leaders ahead of planned assault

Fighting rages in several areas outside Tigrayan Mekelle city as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed once again rules out dialogue with leaders of the defiant region.

Burkina Faso President Kabore secures re-election

Following his election victory with securing 57.87 percent of the vote, Burkina Faso's Roch Kabore pledges dialogue in his troubled country "for peace and development".

Dozens trapped after collapse of mine shaft in Zimbabwe

The head of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation says that the incident occurred in the town of Bindura, around 70 kilometres north of the capital Harare.