https://www.voanews.com/z/3492 Africa https://www.voanews.com/Content/responsive/VOA/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.voanews.com/z/3492 en 2026 - VOA 60 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:14:07 -0400 Pangea CMS – VOA MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — At least 74 people were killed in Nigeria's Benue state in two attacks by gunmen this week, local officials and police said on Saturday, the latest clashes in an area where violence between pastoralists and farmers is common. Violence has increased in recent years as population growth leads to an expansion of the area dedicated to farming, leaving less land available for open grazing by nomads' cattle herds. Benue State police spokesperson Catherine Anene... https://www.voanews.com/a/gunmen-kill-74-in-nigeria-benue-state-/7042253.html https://www.voanews.com/a/gunmen-kill-74-in-nigeria-benue-state-/7042253.html Sat, 08 Apr 2023 16:01:03 -0400 Africawebdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) united nations — Two U.N. peacekeepers from Nigeria were killed and four others were wounded in an attack Friday on a peace patrol in the town of Timbuktu in northern Mali, the United Nations said. The U.N. Security Council said a member of Mali's security forces was also killed in the attack. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said one of the peacekeepers killed was a woman. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council strongly condemned the attack. The council... https://www.voanews.com/a/peacekeepers-killed-4-wounded-in-attack-in-mali-un-says-/6880541.html https://www.voanews.com/a/peacekeepers-killed-4-wounded-in-attack-in-mali-un-says-/6880541.html Sat, 17 Dec 2022 02:32:33 -0500 Africawebdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press) The Hague, Netherlands — Felicien Kabuga, an alleged financier of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, is fit to stand trial, a U.N. tribunal ruled Monday, saying it must begin "as soon as possible" in The Hague.  "The Defence has not established that Kabuga is presently unfit for trial," the ruling said, after lawyers had sought to halt proceedings on health grounds.  Kabuga was arrested on May 16, 2020, in a Paris suburb after 25 years on the run.  He is accused of helping... https://www.voanews.com/a/kabuga-fit-to-stand-trial-over-rwanda-genocide-un-tribunal/6616463.html https://www.voanews.com/a/kabuga-fit-to-stand-trial-over-rwanda-genocide-un-tribunal/6616463.html Mon, 13 Jun 2022 21:13:05 -0400 Africa Breaking Newswebdesk@voanews.com (Agence France-Presse) Khartoum, Sudan — Clashes in Sudan's Darfur between Arab and non-Arab groups have killed more than 100 people, adding to a toll of hundreds in the region over recent months.  The latest fighting broke out last week between the Arab Rizeigat and non-Arab Gimir tribes in the district of Kolbus, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from El Geneina, the capital of the West Darfur state.  It started as a land dispute between two people, one from the Rizeigat and another from the Gimir, before... https://www.voanews.com/a/clashes-in-sudan-s-darfur-kill-more-than-100-/6616442.html https://www.voanews.com/a/clashes-in-sudan-s-darfur-kill-more-than-100-/6616442.html Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:37:22 -0400 Africawebdesk@voanews.com (Agence France-Presse) BAMAKO, MALI — Mali said Sunday it was withdrawing from a west African force fighting jihadists to protest its being rejected as head of the G5 regional group, which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina and Niger.  "The government of Mali is deciding to withdraw from all the organs and bodies of the G5 Sahel, including the joint force" fighting the jihadists, it said in a statement.  The G5 Sahel was created in 2014 and its anti-jihadist force launched in 2017.  A conference... https://www.voanews.com/a/mali-withdraws-from-regional-anti-jihadist-force-/6574901.html https://www.voanews.com/a/mali-withdraws-from-regional-anti-jihadist-force-/6574901.html Sun, 15 May 2022 23:52:20 -0400 Africawebdesk@voanews.com (Agence France-Presse)