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Mali's PM tackles terrorism, farmer-herder clashes

Mar 26, 2018 (AFP)

Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga is on a tour of Mali's most dangerous regions after being appointed in December to bolster security ahead of a presidential election in ...

Canada aims for August Mali deployment of Blue Helmets: minister

Mar 25, 2018 (AFP)

A date had not previously been set by Ottawa, which announced last week that it would send an infantry unit and military trainers along with helicopters to the ...

Chad soldier, 20 Boko Haram fighters killed in clash: army source

Mar 24, 2018 (AFP)

The incident occurred on Friday on an islet named Tchoukou Hadje, the officer said, adding that five soldiers were wounded. "Twenty Boko Haram members were kill...

Estonia to send 50 troops to reinforce French-led Mali mission

Mar 22, 2018 (AFP)

"By participating in an operation with the aim of creating stability on the southern edge of NATO and the EU, we support our strong European ally," Estonian Def...

Nigeria was warned before Boko Haram abduction: Amnesty

Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)

The students -- the youngest aged just 10 -- were seized from the town of Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19 in virtually identical circumstances to those in Ch...

Ghana, US seek closer military ties

Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)

News reports in Ghana on Tuesday cited leaked documents from a recent cabinet meeting that formed the basis of a request to parliament to approve an agreement b...

Egypt, Sudan presidents agree to patch up differences

Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)

Bashir's visit comes two weeks after the reinstatement of Sudan's ambassador to Cairo following his recall to Khartoum in January. Ties deteriorated between Egy...

Canada to deploy troops, helicopters to help UN in Mali

Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)

"The task force will include two Chinook helicopters to provide much-needed transport and logistics capability, as well as four armed Griffin helicopters for ar...

Two soldiers killed in Nigeria communal violence: army

Mar 15, 2018 (AFP)

Troops were deployed to contain the fresh clashes between Fulani herders and farmers from Irigwe ethnic group in Bassa district, a military spokesman told repor...

Killing of civilians by Ethiopia troops no accident: residents

Mar 12, 2018 (AFP)

Ethiopian state media said Sunday that soldiers shot nine civilians near the town of Moyale on the Kenyan border after mistaking them for members of the banned ...

Veolia seeks World Bank ruling in Gabon contract dispute

Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)

The decision to seek international mediation was taken by Veolia's Gabon-based SEEG unit, which has provided water and electricity distribution services in this...

Four Mali troops killed by landmine: military sources

Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)

"Returning from a successful military operation against the jihadists' main base in Dialloube, where ten terrorists were neutralised, an army vehicle drove over...

18 workers abducted in DR Congo wildlife park

Mar 07, 2018 (AFP)

An official with an NGO said the abduction took place on Monday in the area of Nzovu, which lies in the huge Kahuzi-Biega National Park, and an armed group call...

Tillerson heads to Africa, with China in his sights

Mar 06, 2018 (AFP)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's trip to Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, Chad and Nigeria will take him to new battlefields in the United States' long war against ...

Ethiopia: Ancient land beset by long-running divisions

Mar 06, 2018 (AFP)

Here are some key facts about Africa's second most populous nation: - Ancient history - Ethiopia is the oldest independent African state and one of the oldest i...

Food abundance driving conflict in Africa, not food scarcity

Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)

The study refutes the notion that climate change will increase the frequency of civil war in Africa as a result of food scarcity triggered by rising temperature...

IS video of Niger attack highlights US troops' vulnerability

Mar 05, 2018 (AFP)

The distressing video, distributed by a pro-IS news agency, includes graphic footage taken by a solder wearing a helmet camera. It shows the chaos of the attack...

Soldier killed in Senegal's troubled Casamance region

Mar 04, 2018 (AFP)

Also during the operation "two rebels were taken prisoner... three fields of Indian hemp were destroyed," and "weapons of war and munitions seized," the army sa...

At least 28 killed in attack on Burkina army HQ: French, African security sources

Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)

Two of the sources said 28 people were killed and a third spoke of "around 30" dead in the attack in the capital Ouagadougou. In a simultaneous attack, the Fren...

Anger as rail construction begins in Nairobi National Park

Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)

The extension of a Chinese-built railway that is Kenya's biggest infrastructure project since independence through the vast wildlife reserve on the outskirts of...