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Chinese UN peacekeeper, 3 civilians die in Mali attacks
Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)
A Chinese peacekeeper and three civilians with the UN's Mali mission have been killed in two attacks in the northern town of Gao, the UN and China's foreign min...
Things will get bloody, Nigerian militant group says
May 31, 2016 (UPI)
A militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers issued a warning to oil companies working in the region that its campaign is about to get bloody. The N...
DR Congo denies getting pistols from North Korea
May 14, 2016 (AFP)
The Congolese government on Saturday denounced as an "outright lie" claims in a UN confidential report its soldiers and police have been equipped with pistols f...
Senegal's child beggars show limits of 'apptivism'
May 09, 2016 (AFP)
Mamadou is a child beggar wandering the streets of Dakar, perilously darting in and out of traffic as he tries to gather enough money for his Islamic teacher to...
Climate-exodus expected in the Middle East and North Africa
May 08, 2016 (SPX)
More than 500 million people live in the Middle East and North Africa - a region which is very hot in summer and where climate change is already evident. The nu...
S.Africa may re-consider regulated rhino horn trade in future
May 08, 2016 (AFP)
South Africa does not rule out a future call for regulated international trade in rhino horn trade, despite its decision not to push for legalisation at an upco...
Severe drought forces Zimbabwe to sell off wildlife
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
Drought-hit Zimbabwe has invited local farmers and private game rangers to buy wild animals as it destocks national game reserves to save fauna from starvation,...
Senegal signs accord giving US forces permament access to the country
May 02, 2016 (AFP)
Senegal and the United States on Monday signed a defence accord allowing "the permanent presence" of American soldiers in the west African country, especially t...
Under pressure Sahel jihadists resort to soft targets: French commander
May 01, 2016 (AFP)
The commander of a French anti-jihadist force in Africa's northern Sahel says Islamist insurgents are hitting soft targets elsewhere after losing the initiative...
With assistance, Africa targets coordinated fight against Boko Haram
May 01, 2016 (AFP)
With US and European support, African states threatened by Boko Haram are out to smash the militant Islamist group terrorising the region -- but a coordinated r...
Kenya torches world's biggest ivory bonfire to save elephants
Apr 30, 2016 (AFP)
Eleven giant pyres of tusks went up in smoke Saturday as Kenya torched its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed at shocking the world into stopping the...
Mozambique police probe reports of mass grave in rebel stronghold
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
Police in Mozambique said Friday they were investigating reports of the discovery of a mass grave containing 120 bodies in a region which has seen clashes betwe...
Kenya's mega ivory piles 'will burn even if it snows'
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
Eleven towering piles of ivory rise above the savannah grasslands of Nairobi National Park, ready to be burned Saturday in a symbolic grand gesture against the ...
Nigeria, France step up joint fight against Boko Haram
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
Nigeria and France on Thursday signed an agreement on closer military cooperation, including intelligence sharing, to strengthen the fight against Boko Haram in...
Kenya readies to torch tusks in bid to stamp out ivory trade
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
Thousands of elephant tusks are being piled high into pyres as Kenya prepares to torch its vast ivory stockpile hoping to stop trafficking and prevent extinctio...
Back to the future as S.Sudan's old rivals 'end war', again
Apr 27, 2016 (AFP)
The metal gates are still twisted where troops in December 2013 stormed the house of South Sudan's now new Vice President Riek Machar, as war erupted leaving te...
11 dead including 8 soldiers in Cape Verde shooting: gov't
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
Eleven men including eight soldiers were shot dead on Tuesday at a military telecommunications centre in Cape Verde, officials said, adding that a missing soldi...
South Sudan's long road to peace
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
South Sudan's rebel chief Riek Machar finally returned on Tuesday to the capital Juba, where he was sworn in as vice-president of a unity government formed to e...
UN pushes South Sudan to quickly form unity government
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations on Tuesday pushed South Sudan's rival sides to quickly form a new unity government after rebel leader Riek Machar returned to Juba and was sw...
S.Sudan rebel chief becomes vice-president and urges unity
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
South Sudan's rebel chief Riek Machar finally returned to Juba on Tuesday and was sworn in as vice-president of the world's newest country, calling for "unity" ...
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