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UN chief condemns attack that killed four peacekeepers in C. Africa
May 10, 2017 (AFP)
Ten other peacekeepers were evacuated for medical treatment to Bangui, said a statement from the UN spokesman. One peacekeeper is still missing following the at...
Army to protect Tunisia economy from protests: president
May 10, 2017 (AFP)
"We know this is a serious decision but it must be taken," Essebsi said in a speech in Tunis. The Tunisian government has faced growing social discontent over t...
Former rebels block entrance to I. Coast's second city
May 08, 2017 (AFP)
Security forces were deployed to monitor the upheaval, which caused a tailback of about 100 vehicles outside the main southern entrance to the city, but the for...
Fishing with guns on a lake under threat in Kenya
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
In Kenya's hot, dry and lawless north even the fishermen are armed, but guns will not save them. They live on Lake Turkana, the biggest desert lake on earth and...
First US military death in Somalia since 'Black Hawk Down'
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
The death occurred three weeks after the US announced the deployment of "a few dozen troops" to Somalia, tasked with training and equipping Somalian troops to f...
Mozambique's opposition extends truce indefinitely
May 04, 2017 (AFP)
"Today I announce an indefinite truce. It is not the end of the war, but it is the beginning of the end," Dhlakama, whose Renamo party is the main opposition in...
Rocket attack on UN camp in Mali kills one, wounds 9
May 03, 2017 (AFP)
It is the latest attack to hit the mission, known as MINSUMA, stationed in the country since 2013 and considered its most dangerous active peacekeeping deployme...
Congolese plantation sprouts art centre to help the poor
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
But the 15,000 onetime workers living on the land recently found new hope in a stark contemporary art centre called the "White Cube" which stands somewhat stran...
US Defense Secretary Mattis visits strategic Djibouti
Apr 24, 2017 (AFP)
Camp Lemonnier, home to some 4,000 US soldiers and contractors, is vital to US military operations in Somalia against militant groups like Al-Shabaab, and also ...
Top conservationist wounded in Kenya gun attack
Apr 23, 2017 (AFP)
The 73-year-old, whose best-selling autobiography "I Dreamed of Africa" was made into a film with Kim Basinger playing Gallmann, was "shot in the stomach during...
Morocco, US stage joint military exercise
Apr 22, 2017 (AFP)
Military personnel from Britain, France, Germany, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Spain and Tunisia are also taking part in the joint manoeuvres known as African Lio...
Gambia's race to save its 'Roots' on Kunta Kinteh island
Apr 21, 2017 (AFP)
But the island where he and tens of thousands of west African slaves faced the horrors of being chained, branded and separated before leaving their homeland for...
South Sudan war strains Uganda's generous refugee policy
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Business is not good. These people don't have money," he says, gazing out over a vast area that in only eight months has transformed from scrubland and trees t...
'A few dozen' US troops deployed to Somalia: Pentagon
Apr 15, 2017 (AFP)
The soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, a light infantry unit trained for air assaults, will mainly train and equip Somalia's army "to better fight Al-Sh...
DR Congo suspends military cooperation with Belgium
Apr 14, 2017 (AFP)
"The decision to suspend military cooperation with Belgium has taken effect. This measure was pending since (Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders) came out ...
Four dead in army, police clashes in Nigeria: source
Apr 12, 2017 (AFP)
The police confirmed the fracas in the state capital of Damaturu, but did not say if there were casualties. "The Nigeria police force is abreast of the unfortun...
Three killed in Mogadishu army camp attack: military
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Mogadishu army camp Monday, killing at least three soldiers a day after the army chief escaped an attack on his convoy...
El Nino can warn on cholera outbreaks in Africa: study
Apr 10, 2017 (AFP)
El Nino, the cyclical climatic phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, is linked to shifts in cholera cases in Africa, providing an early warning that could save lives...
New Somali army chief escapes deadly car bombing
Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)
Somalia's new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least five people in a bloody response by Shabaab militants to the president's declaration ...
Boko Haram kills eight, abducts women in NE Nigeria: sources
Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)
Boko Haram jihadists have killed eight loggers near the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, vigilantes and residents told AFP on Sunday. The Islamist gunmen o...
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