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Benin to invest in one of West Africa's last wildlife havens
May 31, 2017 (AFP)
Like other west African countries, Benin is struggling to preserve its natural ecosystems in the face of rapid population growth, poaching and resource extracti...
Biafra's military veterans: no regrets, 50 years on
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
"They had jet fighters, we had machetes," he recalled. The rebel province in southeast Nigeria declared independence on May 30, 1967, triggering a bitter civil ...
Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use
May 29, 2017 (AFP)
"We are asking (candidates) to present us their messages, their drafts" to verify that they are not against the law," electoral commission head Kalisa Mbanda to...
Africa, so close yet so far from G7 summit
May 27, 2017 (AFP)
But while migration and the vast continent on Sicily's southern doorstep got a mention Saturday in the final statement of G7 leaders gathered in the hilltop tow...
Nigeria seizes illegal arms shipment
May 24, 2017 (AFP)
"Following intelligence reports, our operatives on Monday inspected a 40-foot container at the Tin Can port in Apapa, Lagos, and found 440 pieces of assorted pu...
Four killed in I.Coast clashes between ex-rebels and police
May 23, 2017 (AFP)
The protesters said security forces opened fire to disperse them, but the government denied responsibility. "Security forces deployed conventional measures to m...
Angry Ivory Coast ex-rebels block access to cities
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
In Bouake, the former fighters blocked the main road south to the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, as well as the northern highway to neighbouring Burkina Fas...
Congo breaks ground on $58 million China-funded parliament building
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
The investment from China's government was criticised by opposition groups which pointed out that Congo is in the midst of an economic downturn. "This project h...
Angolan apartheid troops battle to survive in S.Africa
May 22, 2017 (AFP)
Without healthcare, jobs or basic services, some 3,000 Angolan-born men call home the town of Pomfret in a far-flung northern corner of South Africa on the edge...
Mission unaccomplished: Uganda halts hunt for LRA warlord
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
The military display marked the end of a failed years-long hunt for Joseph Kony, leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel group that has it...
West African girls show the way in Senegal tech battle
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
The Pan-African Robotics competition (PARC) in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Saturday reflects the growing consciousness of science education as a top priorit...
I. Coast economic 'miracle' risks morphing into mirage
May 19, 2017 (AFP)
Crippled by a decade-long conflict that began in 2002, the world's top cocoa producer has made a spectacular comeback since President Alassane Ouattara took off...
UN to deploy 'rapid intervention force' in central Mali
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
"We are awaiting the upcoming deployment in the centre (of Mali), by Senegal, of a rapid intervention force to deal with the situation of insecurity," Jean-Pier...
I.Coast rebel troops end mutiny as deal inked
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
News of the deal was confirmed by a spokesman for the disgruntled troops, who said their financial demands had been met, ending a dispute which began in January...
I.Coast army mutiny spreads but government claims deal
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
Banks, offices and department stores closed in the heart of the economic capital, Abidjan, as shots were fired in San Pedro, the second biggest port in the worl...
Nigeria army chief warns troops about 'politicking'
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
Army spokesman Sani Usman said the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, had been told some officers and soldiers had been approached "fo...
One dead as mutinous I.Coast soldiers take to streets
May 14, 2017 (AFP)
The victim was among five men and a mother-of-three who were hospitalised after being struck by warning shots fired to keep residents inside their homes, an AFP...
Ivory Coast's rebel soldiers apologise to president
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
Organised without the knowledge of the press, the event -- broadcast after it took place at the presidential palace -- signalled a dramatic end to the protest m...
Gunfire as I.Coast troops resume protest despite 'apology'
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
Rebellious troops surrounded the military's headquarters in Abidjan after a spokesman for the protesters publicly apologised to the president for a January muti...
Wounded author Kuki Gallmann vows return to Kenyan ranch
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
"It felt like a punch," the 73-year-old author and conservationist said this week, speaking for the first time since being wounded a fortnight ago by suspected ...
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