ABUJA, Nigeria—The leaders of the coup that ousted Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita spent most of the year training in Russia before returning to boot out the democratically-elected leader at gunpoint, according to sources in the Malian military. The rebels took control of Mali’s largest military base in Kati, just outside the capital, Bamako, on Tuesday before storming Keita’s Read more
Debris from the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which killed all 157 people on board on March 10, 2019 (AFP Photo/Michael TEWELDE) Addis Ababa (AFP) – Just hours after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed southeast of Addis Ababa last March, mourners began flocking to a building down the road from where it took off: Read more
Mortar rounds and assault weapons seized in Kassala state as fighting rages in neighbouring Ethiopia. Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces soldiers confiscated the weapons near the border with Ethiopia [Umit Bektas/Reuters] 29 Nov 2020 Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized significant amounts of weapons, ammunition and military equipment on its eastern border with Ethiopia. The Read more
