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South Sudan rebel general returns to Juba ahead of top chief
Apr 25, 2016 (AFP)
South Sudan's top rebel military commander Simon Gatwech Dual returned to Juba Monday in a key step forward in a floundering peace process, calling for an end t...
Climate change brings conflict, Senegal leader warns
Apr 23, 2016 (AFP)
Senegal's President Macky Sall sees a link between climate change and security, in particular when it comes to the jihadist threat in the Sahel. "Global warming...
South Sudan's peace deal hangs by a thread
Apr 23, 2016 (AFP)
In a country awash with guns, a faltering peace deal aimed at ending over two years of intense civil war in South Sudan came down to a dispute over just two doz...
Amnesty accuses Nigeria's military over deadly Shiite clashes
Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)
Amnesty International on Friday accused Nigeria's military of deliberately shooting dead more than 350 Shiite Muslims, burying them in mass graves and destroyin...
Fighting for peace in South Sudan
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
The giants dance barefoot in circles, strips of leopard print skirt flapping, before one lunges in to topple his opponent and thump him down on the grass. There...
Burundi gunmen murder military officer: witness, army
Apr 21, 2016 (AFP)
Gunmen in Burundi shot dead a high-ranking military officer seen as a critic of the regime, a witness and an army spokesman told AFP on Thursday. Lieutenant-Col...
Nigeria's Buhari secures China deals but currency woes linger
Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari last week assembled one of the biggest ministerial delegations of his presidency and boarded a plane to China. Welcomed by P...
South Sudan rebel delay fans fears for peace
Apr 20, 2016 (AFP)
Fragile hopes for an end to South Sudan's civil war are being tested by the rebel leader's failure to return to the capital to form a unity government. Internat...
South Sudan rebel homecoming fails again
Apr 19, 2016 (AFP)
For the second day in a row South Sudan's rebel leader failed to make his much-anticipated return to the capital, Juba, after more than two years of war. Riek M...
South Sudan rebel chief's return delayed
Apr 18, 2016 (AFP)
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar's highly-anticipated return to the capital Juba, to take up the role of vice president, was delayed on Monday, his spokesma...
Ivory trucks arrive in Kenyan capital for mass burning
Apr 15, 2016 (AFP)
Truckloads of elephant tusks arrived in the Kenyan capital Friday, collected from across the east African nation ahead of the world's biggest burning of ivory l...
Two Somalia drone strikes kill about 12 militants: US
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
A pair of drone strikes in southern Somalia this week killed about a dozen Shebab militants who were threatening US and Somali forces, a US official said Tuesda...
Taiwan says Kenya police broke down jail walls to forcibly deport Taiwanese
Apr 12, 2016 (AFP)
Taiwan said Kenyan police broke down a jail wall and used tear gas Tuesday to force a second group of Taiwanese to board a plane for China, a day after accusing...
Djibouti's Guelleh re-elected with landslide win
Apr 09, 2016 (AFP)
Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, claimed victory on Saturday following a landslide win in an election boycotted by some opposition...
Djibouti's strategic position draws world's armies
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
A French warship ploughs through the sparkling waters between Africa and Arabia on a joint training drill with the US that highlights Djibouti's growing strateg...
Primate populations suffer as a result of Congolese warfare
Apr 04, 2016 (UPI)
Since the 1990s, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plagued by a succession of bloody civil wars. The human cost, of course, has been tragic and trem...
Senegal to beef up military as security threat grows
Apr 04, 2016 (AFP)
Senegal's president said Monday he would boost manpower and equipment for military and civil defence forces in the face of increasingly bold attacks by jihadist...
France at odds with US over UN police presence in Burundi
Apr 01, 2016 (AFP)
France on Friday faced resistance from the United States to its proposed UN resolution aimed at laying the groundwork for a UN police presence to help quell vio...
Rwanda jails top military figures for 20 yrs for 'inciting revolt'
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
A Rwandan military tribunal on Thursday condemned two senior army figures to 20 years in prison for inciting rebellion, an AFP correspondent at the Kigali court...
Drought-hit Somalia at 'tipping point': UN
Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)
The United Nations' aid chief for Somalia begged for cash Thursday to stave off starvation amid intense drought affecting a million people and to pull the war-t...
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