Growing insecurity in the Sahel made 2025 one of the worst years on record for the abduction of foreigners in Africa.
Growing insecurity in the Sahel made 2025 one of the worst years on record for the abduction of foreigners in Africa.
Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.
The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations is postponed just 12 days before the finals were due to kick off in Morocco.
The group had said it would choose a new leader with the same title as Sarah Mullally, the first female head of the Church.
The M23, which controls the coltan-rich area, has not commented and the death toll is hard to verify.