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Five dead in jihadist attack in Mali
Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)
A Tuareg-led group in Mali said five of its fighters were killed Saturday in an attack blamed on jihadists, a week after a national peace summit called for talk...
Boko Haram kills Nigerian troops after deadly raid on farmers
Apr 07, 2017 (AFP)
Boko Haram jihadists have killed four soldiers in an ambush in northeast Nigeria, where they torched an army base a day after killing seven civilians, a soldier...
15 Burkina troops jailed over arms depot raid
Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)
A military tribunal on Thursday jailed 15 Burkinabe soldiers for up to 17 years each over a failed raid on an arms depot last year. The soldiers on trial includ...
European Union trains 'credible army' in C. Africa
Apr 05, 2017 (AFP)
With EU help, the Central African Republic is seeking to turn the page on years of bloodshed by retraining its army and by month's end a first battalion is to p...
Mali peace conference calls for talks with jihadists
Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)
A national peace summit in Mali ended Sunday with a call for negotiations with jihadists in the country's north, according to a resolution seen by AFP. The conf...
Burkina troops tried for arms depot raid claim tortured
Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)
Some 20 Burkinabe soldiers on trial at a military tribunal over a failed raid on an arms depot last year have said they were tortured to extract their confessio...
Mali opposition close to joining key peace summit
Apr 01, 2017 (AFP)
Mali's opposition on Saturday took tentative steps towards ending its boycott of a political summit enshrined in the country's 2015 peace deal after the governm...
'Executed' Gambian coup plotters exhumed
Apr 01, 2017 (AFP)
The bodies of three Gambian coup plotters, including a former US war veteran, have been found using intelligence from members of former leader Yahya Jammeh's de...
Trump boosts US military authority for Somalia fighting
Mar 31, 2017 (AFP)
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist insurgents in Somalia, the Defense Departmen...
UN renews smaller DR Congo peacekeeping force
Mar 31, 2017 (AFP)
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Friday to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but cut its num...
Mali's former rebels agree to join peace conference
Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)
Former rebels in Mali on Tuesday reversed a decision to boycott a national reconciliation conference after receiving assurances from the government, a spokesman...
Benin's defence minister quits over constitutional reform
Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)
Benin's defence minister announced his resignation on Monday to protest President Patrice Talon's plans to overhaul the constitution. Candide Armand-Marie Azann...
Mali peace conference hit by boycott
Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)
Former rebels and Mali's opposition parties Monday boycotted a national summit enshrined in the country's 2015 peace deal, laying bare divisions with the govern...
Operations against Kony's LRA 'coming to an end': US general
Mar 24, 2017 (AFP)
The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord's Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader Joseph Kony is still at large, a top US g...
Nigerian rights group denounces 'attacks' on Amnesty office
Mar 21, 2017 (AFP)
A Nigerian rights group on Tuesday called for an investigation into "attacks" on the Amnesty International office in Abuja following heavy criticism by the coun...
Rags, not riches, defining Africa's urban explosion
Mar 19, 2017 (AFP)
Anarchic architecture, unchecked pollution and high costs of living are the lot of African city dwellers, experts warn, as living standards fail to keep pace wi...
Senegal extradites Guinean soldier wanted over massacre
Mar 13, 2017 (AFP)
A Guinean soldier wanted over the massacre of more than 150 people in a Conakry stadium has been extradited, ending years on the run in neighbouring Senegal and...
.africa joins the internet
Mar 10, 2017 (AFP)
In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world's first domain name was registered, the African Unio...
Nigerian military to probe rights abuse claims
Mar 08, 2017 (AFP)
Nigeria's military on Wednesday announced it would look into alleged human rights abuses by troops, including in the fight against Boko Haram, despite having pr...
PM hails Ben Guerdane battle as Tunisia 'turning point'
Mar 07, 2017 (AFP)
The battle against jihadists in Ben Guerdane a year ago was a "turning point" for Tunisia, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Tuesday during a visit to comme...
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