AFRICA NEWS

News About Africa

3,855 articles

I. Coast govt pursues bid to end mutiny by elite troops
Feb 09, 2017 (AFP)
The Ivorian government planned Thursday to pursue talks with elite troops responsible for President Alassane Ouattara's security in a bid to end a revolt by the...
Ivory Coast govt in bid to end elite troops' mutiny
Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)
The Ivorian government on Wednesday pressed a bid to defuse a revolt by special forces, as fears of renewed unrest spread following weeks of protests over pay b...
Elite I.Coast troops fire protest shots at two bases
Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)
Ivorian special forces troops fired in the air in towns in the north and south of the country on Tuesday, weeks after soldiers and security forces mutinied over...
Somalia to elect president amid security, drought woes
Feb 07, 2017 (AFP)
Somalia is to hold its presidential election on Wednesday after numerous delays, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine topping the agenda for th...
A struggle for land and survival in Kenya's restive highlands
Feb 03, 2017 (AFP)
The broad plains of Mugie, a huge estate on a high plateau northwest of Mount Kenya, are crisscrossed with cattle trails and the wildlife is mostly gone. The kn...
Weapons seized from Gambia ex-leader's home: general
Jan 30, 2017 (AFP)
The west African force deployed in The Gambia to secure the nation's presidential transition said Monday it had recovered weapons from the former leader's home,...
Shabaab attacks Kenya army base in Somalia
Jan 27, 2017 (AFP)
Islamist Shabaab fighters attacked a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia on Friday in the second assault by the Al-Qaeda linked group this week. The attack...
14 members of pro-govt militia killed in Mali attack
Jan 22, 2017 (AFP)
A pro-government militia in Mali said that it had lost 14 fighters in an attack blamed on former rebels Saturday, three days after a suicide car bomber left mor...
The 5 previous West African military interventions
Jan 20, 2017 (AFP)
West African nations have a long history of sending their military forces to intervene in neighbouring countries, under the umbrella of a regional cooperation b...
New Gambia president demands army loyalty
Jan 19, 2017 (AFP)
Gambia's new President Adama Barrow demanded "loyalty" from the armed forces Thursday as he took the oath of office in Senegal in a standoff with Yahya Jammeh, ...
I.Coast rocked by protests as deadly army mutiny spreads
Jan 18, 2017 (AFP)
Ivory Coast's government on Wednesday pleaded for calm as deadly protests by angry security forces and troops spread across the country, shutting down the main ...
Gambia army chief says troops will not fight intervention
Jan 18, 2017 (AFP)
Gambia's army chief said Wednesday he would not order his men to fight other African troops if they enter Gambian territory, speaking as Senegalese and other tr...
I.Coast soldier killed as mutiny protests return
Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)
A mutinous soldier was killed in Ivory Coast's administrative capital Tuesday, as fresh trouble erupted in several cities after troops took to the streets, firi...
Uganda military denies Congolese rebels left camp
Jan 16, 2017 (AFP)
Uganda's military on Monday denied that armed Congolese rebels sheltering in the country had crossed back into the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying they wer...
Congolese M23 rebels cross over from Uganda, 'clash with army'
Jan 15, 2017 (AFP)
Armed Congolese rebels crossed back overnight into the country from their longtime refuge in Uganda, prompting fears that a guerilla conflict put to rest in 201...
Ivory Coast government and rebel troops reach deal
Jan 14, 2017 (AFP)
Ivory Coast's government and rebel troops have reached a final deal at talks in Bouake, government sources said late Friday at the close of a tense day which sa...
Gambian crisis takes centre stage at Mali summit
Jan 14, 2017 (AFP)
The Gambia's political crisis dominated a Mali summit on Saturday as Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow appealed to west African leaders for help ending the i...
Conservation practices may leave African indigenous populations behind
Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)
Conservation and logging groups in Central and West Africa are failing to fully incorporate local concerns into management, marginalizing the livelihoods of the...
Draining huge African peatland a threat to climate
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
A swampy forest in central Africa the size of England covers previously unknown carbon stocks equivalent to three years' worth of global CO2 emissions, scientis...
Five Malian soldiers killed by landmine
Jan 11, 2017 (AFP)
Five Malian soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine in the centre of the country on Wednesday, military sources told AFP. The explosion occurred ...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.