From an Isis insurgency in northern Mozambique, to civil war in Cameroon, and long-running conflict across Ethiopia – there were 50 active conflicts across Africa last year. That is an increase of 45 per cent on 2020.
According to Patrick Yousseff, regional director for Africa at the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), there is an urgent need for the world to shift its attention towards the devastation that is being wrought across the continent.
