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Hundreds of Nigerian troops missing after Boko Haram overruns base
Jul 15, 2018 (AFP)
The militants invaded a base holding more than 700 soldiers in Yobe state -- where they abducted over 100 girls from a school earlier this year -- in an hours-l...
Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier
Jul 15, 2018 (AFP)
But the NG_Hub office is in the suburb of Yaba -- the heart of Nigeria's burgeoning tech scene that is attracting interest from global giants keen to tap into a...
DR Congo's Kabila promotes blacklisted generals in army shake-up
Jul 15, 2018 (AFP)
The changes come as the vast African country is in the grip of a crisis over whether Kabila will run in crucial, long-delayed elections in December despite his ...
China opens embassy after Burkina switches from Taiwan
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
The official opening comprised the unveiling of a plaque in an upmarket hotel where the embassy is being housed temporarily while a new building for it is const...
92 Congolese fishermen 'imprisoned' in Uganda
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
The development comes after the death or disappearance of some 30 people following deadly clashes between the Ugandan navy and Democratic Republic of Congo forc...
Mozambique president signals peace talks breakthrough
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
The disarmament and integration of Renamo fighters has been a major sticking point in talks, with the government demanding the immediate disbanding of Renamo ar...
UN to take up S.Sudan arms embargo
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
The United States is South Sudan's biggest aid provider, and was a major backer of its 2011 independence from Sudan. But patience from South Sudan's foreign all...
Zimbabwe launches space agency
Jul 10, 2018 (AFP)
The Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency will deploy earth observation satellites, global navigation satellite systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, geosp...
Ethiopia, Eritrea declare war 'has come to an end'
Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)
Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said on Twitter that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, 41, and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, 71, had in...
Sierra Leone war criminal back from Rwandan jail
Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)
Allieu Kondewa helped lead the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF), a notorious paramilitary unit which recruited traditional hunters to fight rebels duri...
Hard work remains to cement peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)
The Horn of Africa nations cut ties after the outbreak of a 1998-2000 border war that killed 80,000 people and degenerated into a diplomatic stalemate after Eth...
Sixteen fishermen 'missing' after clashes on Uganda/Congo lake
Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)
Thirty people are now either dead or missing after tensions on the lake erupted late last week. "Local people are already organising wakes here and there -- the...
Buhari says Boko Haram-hit NE Nigeria now 'post-conflict'
Jul 06, 2018 (AFP)
The Islamist insurgency has devastated the region since 2009, leaving at least 20,000 dead, displacing more than 2.6 million others and triggering a wider human...
7 killed in clashes between DR Congo, Ugandan navies
Jul 05, 2018 (AFP)
Other clashes in the region between DR Congo forces and Ugandan rebels as well as a local militia claimed eight more lives, the army said. A DR Congo naval patr...
Djibouti launches 'Africa's biggest free trade zone'
Jul 05, 2018 (AFP)
At a ceremony in the capital, President Ismael Omar Guelleh hailed the scheme as the culmination of infrastructure projects "boosting Djibouti's place in intern...
Zimbabwe army vows vote neutrality as opposition raises boycott prospect
Jul 04, 2018 (AFP)
The military is under close scrutiny following its brief takeover in November that led to the resignation of former president Robert Mugabe. Previous elections ...
Eritrea and peace with Ethiopia: Four questions
Jul 04, 2018 (AFP)
Analysts believe that ending their bitter dispute could be transformative for Eritrea, whose policies have been driven by the deadlock with its neighbour. Here ...
Research shows plants in Africa 'green up' ahead of rainy season
Jul 03, 2018 (SPX)
Geographers from Southampton, working with scientists at Lancaster University, used remote sensing data (satellite imagery), sourced over a 16 year period (2000...
Locals lose out in Rwanda's second-hand clothes war
Jul 01, 2018 (AFP)
Kigali, determined to boost its domestic textiles industry, in 2016 raised tariffs on the importation of secondhand clothes, disrupting a multi-million dollar i...
Threats, reforms and challenges: A momentous week for Ethiopia
Jun 30, 2018 (AFP)
Just three days after a blast killed two people at a rally Abiy had addressed in the heart of the capital, the prime minister greeted a delegation from Eritrea,...
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