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AU chair questions US stance on African peacekeeping
Jul 05, 2017 (AFP)
"This is a specific case of a certain number of African states taking the initiative to create a dedicated force to fight terrorism. So, we don't understand how...
I.Coast's Comoe park no longer endangered: UNESCO
Jul 04, 2017 (AFP)
The World Heritage Committee of the UN's scientific and cultural agency made the announcement during its annual meeting, held this year in the southern Polish c...
Mali relaunches beleagured peace process
Jun 24, 2017 (AFP)
The accord signed in 2015 aimed at curbing separatist uprisings in Mali's north after a 2012 rebellion was hijacked by jihadists, throwing the nation into chaos...
Mali ex-rebels reject national charter on peace deal anniversary; Dozens killedw/l
Jun 20, 2017 (AFP)
Ex-rebels of the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA) signed a peace deal on June 20, 2015 aimed at curbing separatist uprisings in Mali's north after a 20...
Clashes erupt in C. Africa a day after peace deal
Jun 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Intense shooting started at 0600. At 0930, we already had 35 wounded in hospital, mainly injuries from bullets," Mumuza Muhindo Musubaho, project coordinator f...
C. Africa govt inks peace deal with rebel groups
Jun 19, 2017 (AFP)
The accord, negotiated over five days, was hailed as a precious chance to stabilise one of the world's most volatile and poorest countries. Under it, armed grou...
Five Mali soldiers killed in attack on military camp
Jun 17, 2017 (AFP)
Eight soldiers were wounded and nine vehicles were destroyed in the attack on the camp at Bintagoungou at about 5:00 am, an army statement said. Local sources t...
France says UN likely to support Sahel anti-jihadist force
Jun 15, 2017 (AFP)
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, which make up the so-called G5 Sahel, have agreed to set up a special counter-terrorism operation of 5,000 troop...
Qatar withdraws peacekeepers from Djibouti-Eritrea border
Jun 14, 2017 (AFP)
"The state of Qatar informed the government of Djibouti that it has withdrawn all its troops deployed on the border line in Djiboutian territory," a ministry st...
Tunisian soldier dead after landmine blast
Jun 12, 2017 (AFP)
It said "martyr of the nation" Mohamed Ali Toujani, a term usually used for victims of jihadist attacks, died of injuries after Friday's blast in the Kef region...
UN peacekeeper death toll rises after Mali jihadist attack
Jun 10, 2017 (AFP)
Three Guinean peacekeepers were killed Friday near their base in Kidal by a powerful group linked to Al-Qaeda, and the body of a missing soldier has now been fo...
Nigerian soldier sentenced to death for 'Boko Haram' murder
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
The soldier, identified only as Lance Corporal Hilary Joel, was convicted of killing the suspect in Damboa, some 90 kilometres (56 miles) from the Borno state c...
France faces US reservations over UN backing for Sahel force
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger -- which make up the G5 -- agreed in March to set up a special counter-terrorism operation of 5,000 troops for th...
Mob justice fears after soldier's gruesome death in Ghana
Jun 09, 2017 (AFP)
Maxwell Mahama was beaten and burnt to death near the central city of Kumasi on May 29, after locals mistook him for a robber because he was wearing sports clot...
EU to give 50 million euros for African force in Sahel
Jun 06, 2017 (AFP)
The funds will help pay for the troops to fight terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal immigration, European Union diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said i...
African Union offers full support for UN climate deal
Jun 03, 2017 (AFP)
The current head of the regional grouping, Guinean President Alpha Conde, called for the matter to be discussed at the G20 summit in Germany next month "to rais...
One dead after Gambian protesters clash with W. African troops
Jun 03, 2017 (AFP)
Gambian information minister, Demba Ali Jawo, told AFP that a group of people had protested on Friday in Jammeh's home village of Kanilai, 100 kilometres (60 mi...
Fleeing hunger, Somali women abused in displacement camps
Jun 02, 2017 (AFP)
"Mentally, I can see him," Hawo said, recalling the late-night March assault in Dusta, a camp in the southwestern city of Baidoa for Somalis displaced by drough...
China rejects Uganda ivory trafficking claims against diplomats
Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)
The Chinese embassy officials are suspected of helping move ivory from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan, using Uga...
Ivory Coast army chief meets mutineers in their barracks
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
Journalists were allowed to briefly enter the barracks in the city of Bouake, the focal point of a revolt which left four people dead and nine injured, accordin...
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