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Pentagon addressing Niger attack issues: Mattis
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
Investigators have completed a comprehensive probe into the October 4 incident, and officials are expected to announce its findings in the coming days. Speaking...
Climate change not the key driver of human conflict and displacement in East Africa
Apr 25, 2018 (SPX)
Human displacement refers to the total number of forcibly displaced people, and includes internally displaced people - the largest group represented - and refug...
Climate change mitigation project threatens local ecosystem resilience in
Apr 22, 2018 (SPX)
But increasing forest cover in developing counties can threaten other values, as shown in this new study. In southern Ethiopia the tree heather heathlands above...
Nuggets of contention: Chinese mine gold in Cameroon
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
"There are constant conflicts between Cameroonians and the Chinese" over gold mining, said Narma Ndoyama, a farmer in Longa Mali, a small village in the middle ...
US urges Nigeria to change tactics against Boko Haram
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
Boko Haram's tactics -- from improvised explosive devices to hiding within the local population -- necessitate a shift away from conventional strategies, said L...
Boko Haram kills three Chadian soldiers
Apr 17, 2018 (AFP)
The three were given a posthumous award by the Chadian army chief of staff, the report said, adding that they were buried at the N'Djamena military cemetery. Th...
US, Nigeria hold military summit in Abuja
Apr 16, 2018 (AFP)
The African Land Forces Summit brings together "land force chiefs from across Africa for candid dialogue" to improve security, said the US Army in an April 10 s...
Ghana is the best country to host AU Space Agency
Apr 12, 2018 (SPX)
He said out of the five countries including; Ghana, Namibia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Egypt that are bidding to host the Space Agency, Ghana, located at the centre o...
UN troops attacked in C.African capital after security sweep
Apr 09, 2018 (AFP)
The incident occurred shortly after UN peacekeepers and CAR troops launched an operation targeting armed groups in a flashpoint district of Bangui. At least two...
Five park rangers, driver killed in DR Congo's Virunga wildlife sanctuary
Apr 09, 2018 (AFP)
"We have sadly lost six rangers," park spokesman Joel Malembe told AFP, adding that the team was ambushed while driving between the sectors of Lulimba and Ishas...
Mali prisoner killings decried as 'summary executions'
Apr 08, 2018 (AFP)
"This was in no way an escape attempt. Our sources are certain. These people were victims of summary executions," Nouhoum Sarr of Tabital Pulaaku, the main asso...
Benin, Niger back Chinese involvement in mega rail project
Apr 07, 2018 (AFP)
"We have taken stock of the railway issue (and) we tried to see which measures could be taken to move forward," the Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou told repo...
Ghana will not offer military base to US: president
Apr 05, 2018 (AFP)
The president confirmed in a television address that the two countries would ink a defence cooperation agreement, but was emphatic that "Ghana has not offered a...
Xi hails Mugabe's successor as 'old friend of China'
Apr 03, 2018 (AFP)
Mnangagwa, who received military training in China when he was a young liberation fighter in the 1960s, was met with a military honour guard at the Great Hall o...
Five Shabaab killed in US strike in Somalia: US military
Apr 02, 2018 (AFP)
The strike occurred Sunday near a small village called El Buur, located some 235 miles (375 kilometers) northeast of the capital Mogadishu. It is the seventh ti...
Four Ugandans killed in Shabaab attack on AU base in Somalia
Apr 01, 2018 (AFP)
Local sources said a massive blast was heard in the Bulomarer district, around 150 kilometres (93 miles) south of Mogadishu, and fighting broke out after dozens...
Sahara has grown 10% in 100 years, research finds
Mar 30, 2018 (UPI)
The Sahara, which is the world's largest warm-weather desert and roughly equal in size to the contiguous United States with 3.6 million square miles, has expand...
Ghana protestors rally against US military deal
Mar 28, 2018 (AFP)
The agreement was approved by President Nana Akufo-Addo's government on Friday but has come under heavy criticism from the opposition who say it undermines the ...
In war-torn C.Africa, Russia trains army in weapons use
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
Since late January, the former home of president Jean-Bedel Bokassa -- who took over in 1966 and later declared himself emperor before being overthrown in 1979 ...
UN strengthens role of DR Congo mission in elections
Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)
France presented the measure that renews the mandate for MONUSCO, the UN's biggest peacekeeping mission, until March 2019 and emphasizes the need to protect civ...
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