More than 400 bodies were found at mass graves around two Gaza hospitals, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense and the United Nations. Bloomberg located the grave sites by comparing news footage of the graves with satellite imagery.

“Kagame has made a calculation that he is too useful and too popular with his international allies for them to seriously punish him or isolate him over what he’s doing in Congo,' says Richard Moncrieff. Rwanda denies any role in the conflict. #Mustread Simon Marks neiL Munshi

Mystery has shrouded Rwanda's role in eastern DRC. We looked behind the curtain as Rwanda trains M23 and unleashes a flood of arms – including fixed-wing drones, Israeli-made grenade launchers, drone jammers and Russian SPG-9 anti-tank grenade launchers.
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Sahkr-Abdin Taha, 24 (third from right) is among many young Sudanese who previously fought the army to end the military’s decades’ long grip on power five years ago that have now joined its ranks.
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“If Sudan is a forgotten crisis, then prioritize it.” A year into Sudan's civil war, funding for crises in the likes of Ukraine has dwarfed what international donors have so far committed to Sudan.
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'In January, rebels fighting the Sudanese army shot down a drone near Khartoum. As jubilant gunmen posted video of the wreckage on social media, they offered a fresh data point on how Iranian technology is remaking the global weapons trade.' bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Last week was the first time food aid entered Darfur since mid Feb when authorities revoked permissions for humanitarian groups. As a result 18 million people are facing acute hunger during the harvest season.
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Somalia has expelled the Ethiopian ambassador and shut down its neighbor’s consulates in the breakaway regions of Somaliland and Puntland over Addis Ababa’s attempt to secure direct access to the the Gulf of Aden.
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More kicking the can down the road on Ethiopia's debt situation. IMF says talks in Addis have adjourned with no agreement on a new financial package. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Over the past 5 yrs, African govts with poorly equipped armies opted for drones from companies like Turkey’s Baykar and Beijing’s Aviation Industry Corp. At the same time, civilian deaths from drone and air strikes soared to 1,418 in 2023 from 149 in 2020. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In South Sudan, state revenues have taken a severe nosedive after an oil pipeline that carried most of the country’s crude to the Red Sea ruptured inside a conflict zone in Sudan. State salaries have now gone unpaid for 6 months.
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Smuggled kits from Elon Musk's Starlink are being activated even in territories where it has no agreement to operate. That raises questions about control of the satellite internet service bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg