Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new army chief ahead of planned protests on Monday, called by a group of war veterans who want to force the president to resign. The former major general, Emmanuel Matatu, takes over with immediate effect. President Mnangagwa has faced calls from his former supporters to step down citing…
Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Port Sudan AFP Civilians have been celebrating the army’s recent territorial gains, from the presidential palace to the airport in the capital Khartoum The Sudanese army has told the BBC it has recaptured the airport in the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary RSF, marking its latest territorial gain in the…
A Sudanese war monitor has accused the military of killing hundreds of people in an air strike on a market in the country’s western Darfur region. The Emergency Lawyers group – which documents abuses by both sides in Sudan’s civil war that erupted in April 2023 – said the bombing of Tur’rah market was a…
Pakistan’s army says it has freed more than 300 hostages from a passenger train seized by militants in Balochistan province on Tuesday. The military spokesperson said 33 militants were killed during the operation. Twenty-one civilian hostages and four military personnel were killed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) before the operation began, the military spokesperson…
The Sudanese army says it has broken a near two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the key southern state capital of el-Obeid. The breakthrough came hours after the RSF signed a political charter in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to establish a breakaway government in areas under their control. The RSF…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe” to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent’s aid. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he also said that Ukraine would “never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement” after US…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent’s defenses as he warned that Russia was “not preparing for dialogue” to advance possible credible peace…
Residents of Sudan’s capital Khartoum say the army has recaptured large parts of the city from RSF paramilitaries, marking its biggest victory in a year. “Shrapnel and stray ammunition are falling on my neighbourhood,” a doctor we are calling Mustafa tells the BBC. “The clashes these days are heavy”. Key sites recaptured by the army…
Reuters Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been leading the army during Sudan’s 21-month civil war The US government has imposed sanctions on the head of Sudan’s army and de facto president, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the treasury department said. He has been leading one of the two sides in the 21-month civil war that has…
Lebanon’s parliament has elected the country’s army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years. Joseph Aoun’s candidacy was backed by several political parties, as well as the US, France and Saudi Arabia. A rival backed by the Hezbollah militia withdrew on Wednesday and endorsed the commander. The presidency…
