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Mali leader appeals against hostility to foreign forces
Dec 01, 2019 (AFP)
French forces have been in Mali since a 2013 campaign to drive out Islamist fighters from the country's north, but public anger over growing militant violence h...
DRC army claims fresh win against Hutu Rwandan militia
Dec 01, 2019 (AFP)
Troops launched a campaign Tuesday against the CNRD -- an offshoot of the FDLR militia -- in South Kivu region, which borders Rwanda and Burundi, military spoke...
Drone project aims to put floating Lagos slum on map
Nov 29, 2019 (AFP)
The waterway is "like a boulevard, there's always traffic here," the computer coding specialist laughed as other boats jostled for space between rows of wooden ...
Macron urges 'greater involvement' by NATO allies in Sahel anti-jihadist fight
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
At a press conference in Paris with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, Macron said "greater involvement" by NATO allies would be "wholly beneficial" and said the subj...
Zimbabwe facing 'man-made' starvation, UN expert warns
Nov 28, 2019 (AFP)
Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, ranked Zimbabwe among the four top countries facing severe food shortages outside nations in conflict zone...
Foreign military forces in Mali
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
Here is a factfile on foreign military intervention in the region since 2013: - France - On January 11, 2013, France launched Operation Serval, deploying 1,700 ...
France reels from new blow in tough Africa mission
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
The accident brings to 41 the number of French troops killed in the Sahel region since Paris intervened against al-Qaeda-affiliated extremists in Mali in 2013. ...
Zimbabwe turns to charcoal for cooking as power outages bite
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
The logs were arranged in such a way that they were ready to be burnt into charcoal -- a fuel that has become a substitute for Zimbabwe's energy shortages, at a...
French and Sahel soldiers step up campaign against jihadists
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
But the beauty belied the danger -- the Tofa Gala forest, on Mali's lawless border with Burkina Faso, was a haven for ruthless jihadists. Guns in hand, French t...
DR Congo says army to stage 'joint operations' with UN in Beni
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
The joint operations aim at "ensuring peace and security for the civilian population," it said after an emergency meeting, adding that DR Congo's armed forces w...
US calls back ambassador from S.Sudan
Nov 25, 2019 (AFP)
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter that he called back the ambassador "as we re-evaluate our relationship with the government of South Sudan." "We ...
Four missing including expat found safe in Burkina Faso: govt
Nov 24, 2019 (AFP)
The four were reported missing Friday after their vehicle was discovered abandoned with its doors open in the southwestern Cascades region. But the ministry of ...
E.Guinea puts armed forces on 'maximum alert'
Nov 23, 2019 (AFP)
A defence ministry document gave no reason for the unprecedented move apart from stating that it was to "safeguard the supreme values of the motherland". The al...
Egypt's limestone quarries offer hardscrabble wage to workers
Nov 23, 2019 (AFP)
Labourers work in shifts at the quarry in the so-called White Mountain east of the river Nile outside Minya, about 265 km south of the capital Cairo. At noon, t...
Burkina Faso attacks kill three soldiers in north, Mali toll hits 43; DR Congo army kill 7
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
The attacks are part of increasing jihadist violence in the West African country, where 700 people have been killed in the nearly five years since fighting spil...
Nigerian president launches campaign against defecation in public
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
"Nigeria has committed to end open defecation throughout the country by 2025," a statement by the presidency said a day after the United Nations marked World To...
24 Mali soldiers and 17 jihadists die in clashes in east
Nov 19, 2019 (AFP)
Mali and Niger forces were carrying out a joint operation when a patrol was attacked Monday by "terrorists" near the northeastern town of Tabankort, the army sa...
Gunmen ambush Burundian soldiers: defence ministry
Nov 19, 2019 (AFP)
Dozens more soldiers were missing in the ambush on their base, one of largest and deadliest attacks for several years, senior army officers said Tuesday, speaki...
China says Zimbabwe aid almost 40 times higher than govt figure
Nov 19, 2019 (AFP)
The Chinese remarks came after Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube listed bilateral aid figures while presenting Zimbabwe's 2020 budget last week. Ncube sa...
24 Mali soldiers and 17 jihadists die in clashes in east: army
Nov 18, 2019 (AFP)
Mali and Niger forces were carrying out a joint operation when a patrol was attacked by "terrorists" near the northeastern town of Tabankort, the army said on s...
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