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'Jihadist attack' kills nearly 20 civilians in Burkina Faso
Feb 02, 2020 (AFP)
"The attackers, heavily armed and on motorbikes, literally executed the local inhabitants," the security source told AFP. The attackers left nearly 20 dead, the...
France ramps up Sahel military presence to counter jihadist threat
Feb 02, 2020 (AFP)
Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a statement that the bulk of the reinforcements would be deployed by the end of the month in the border zone linking Mal...
US general asks Europeans to do more for French in Africa
Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)
France has warned that US cutbacks could weaken its 4,500-member Barkhane operation, which looks to crush a resurgence of the Islamic State group and other extr...
'Dangerous' to crop African voices on climate: Uganda activist
Jan 28, 2020 (AFP)
Nakate was at the heart of a viral debate that erupted at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week after she was cropped out of a photo of a you...
France warns Pentagon Africa cuts would 'severely limit' counter-terror ops
Jan 27, 2020 (AFP)
But US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made clear that the United States was prepared to reduce its global military footprint and that African operations could ...
UN calls for justice for migrant victims of Libya air strikes
Jan 27, 2020 (AFP)
In a joint report, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the UN human rights office in Geneva called for those responsible to be held to account. They ur...
French defence chief heads to US to press Sahel case
Jan 26, 2020 (AFP)
Florence Parly's visit comes just days after her tour of the Sahel region, a vast arid expanse where states have little more than nominal control, allowing jiha...
France to further boost its anti-jihad force in Sahel
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
Defence chief of staff Francois Lecointre told reporters in Paris he would detail the "profile and composition" of the proposed troop buildup to President Emman...
Nigerian military clears thousands from Lagos waterfront
Jan 21, 2020 (AFP)
Bulldozers rumbled into Tarkwa Bay, a semi-rural area on an island in the city of some 20 million, as part of an operation the military say is aimed officially ...
US to decide on Africa presence in two months, says top officer
Jan 17, 2020 (AFP)
Washington has some 7,000 special forces on rotation in Africa carrying out joint operations with national forces against jihadists, particularly in Somalia. "T...
Four Nigerian troops killed in jihadist attack
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in trucks fitted with machine guns late Wednesday launched a "surprise attack" on troops in Auno vi...
Peace talks bring fragile truce in Nigeria 'bandit' conflict
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
She scrambled for her five children and fled just as the gunmen screeched in and opened fire. "They killed many of the men," including her brothers and nephews,...
Niger sacks military chiefs after deadly jihadist attack
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
The new armed forces chief of staff is General Salifou Modi, who replaces General Ahmed Mohamed, the government said in a statement read on national radio. The ...
US wants to reduce presence in Africa, warns top officer
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, said resources "could be reduced and then shifted, either to increase readiness of the force in t...
Chinese FM wraps up five-nation African tour
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday said, "he (Wang) goes back home satisfied that our relations are on a solid foundation." "We as Zimbabweans ar...
Macron, Sahel leaders to review anti-jihad campaign
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
Tensions between France and officials from Burkina Faso, Chad, Niger, Mali and Mauritania could make for a tricky exchange at the talks in Pau, southwest France...
China set to strengthen cooperation with Zimbabwe
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
The two countries butted heads after Zimbabwe's government said it had only received $3.6 million in aid from Beijing in 2019 -- 40 times lower than the figure ...
French air power repelled Niger base attackers: army source
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
Sixty-three "terrorists" died during the attack on the camp in the western region of Chinegodar near the restive border with Mali, according to the Niger govern...
63 'terrorists', 25 others killed in Niger army base attack: defence ministry
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
The raid near to the volatile frontier with Mali by attackers in vehicles and on motorbikes began in Chinegodar, in the western Tillaberi, at 01:00 pm (12H00 GM...
60 DR Congo troops killed by militia since October: army
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
"In the space of two months, 60 brave combatants have fallen in the field of honour" in the military campaign against fighters of the Islamist Allied Democratic...
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