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Saving the wildlife 'miracle' of Congo's Garamba park

Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)

Chronic insecurity, regional conflict, tough terrain and isolation make Africa's Garamba park perhaps the most difficult place on the continent to practice cons...

Three soldiers get life for I.Coast military chief's murder

Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)

A military court in Ivory Coast on Thursday sentenced three soldiers loyal to ex-president Laurent Gbagbo to life in prison over the 2002 murder of a former jun...

Kenya army says it killed Shebab intelligence chief

Feb 18, 2016 (AFP)

Kenya's army said Thursday it had killed the intelligence chief of the Shebab Islamist insurgent group and 10 other commanders in an air strike in Somalia. Keny...

Gabon seeks riches in artisanal gold mining

Feb 17, 2016 (AFP)

In the remote wilderness of the Belinga mountains in northeast Gabon, men with shovels in hand dig from morning to night, filling wheelbarrows with soil laced w...

It takes more than a village to build a house

Feb 16, 2016 (SPX)

Adequate housing is difficult to find in many parts of Africa even for the middle class and wealthy, but it is particularly difficult for the poor, according to...

In Congo, a war for Africa's elephants

Feb 16, 2016 (AFP)

Andre Migifuloyo and Djuma Uweko lived together, worked together and last October died together fighting to protect Congo's elephants from voracious ivory-seeki...

DR Congo announces ivory trafficking arrests

Feb 11, 2016 (AFP)

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said Thursday they had made three arrests as Kinshasa seeks to dismantle a major ivory trafficking syndica...

Gloom hangs over African mining as China growth slows

Feb 10, 2016 (AFP)

An air of gloom hung over Africa's biggest annual mining conference this week as corporate giants and governments wrestled with boom times gone bust in the wake...

Sudan names new military chief amid Darfur clashes: ministry

Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir named a new military chief of staff Tuesday as his forces battle rebels in the Jebel Marra area of the western Darfur region, ...

Nigeria army probes recent Boko Haram attacks

Feb 09, 2016 (AFP)

Nigeria's army on Sunday said it has launched a probe into recent attacks by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives near Maiduguri, capital...

Five killed as jihadists attack UN camp in Mali

Feb 05, 2016 (AFP)

At least four suspected jihadists and a Malian soldier were killed Friday following an attack on a UN military camp in Timbuktu in Mali's restive north, a Malia...

Millions in Ethiopia facing worst drought for decades: UN

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

Ethiopia is struggling with its worst drought for 30 years, with millions in dire need of life-saving aid, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Sunday. At le...

Deploying AU force without Burundi approval 'unimaginable': AU official

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told ...

Head of Libya's unity government meets army chief

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

The designated head of Libya's UN-backed unity government has met the country's controversial army chief, retired General Khalifa Haftar, as he prepares to subm...

Tanzania arrests three after British wildlife pilot killed

Feb 03, 2016 (AFP)

Tanzanian police have arrested three men after a British pilot was killed when gunmen opened fire on his helicopter as he tracked suspected elephant poachers, a...

Ugandan opposition general charged at court martial: lawyer

Feb 02, 2016 (AFP)

Uganda's former intelligence chief, an outspoken critic of President Yoweri Museveni, was charged in a military court Tuesday for taking part in politics agains...

Four soldiers killed in attack, explosion in northern Mali: military sources

Jan 28, 2016 (AFP)

One Malian soldier was killed in a gun attack while at least three others died in a landmine explosion in the country's north on Thursday, military sources told...

Burkina arrests 11 failed coup soldiers after arms depot raid

Jan 24, 2016 (AFP)

Eleven former members of the elite Burkinabe presidential guard which staged a brief but failed coup last year were arrested after a raid Friday on an arms depo...

Horn of Africa port Djibouti signs China trade deals

Jan 21, 2016 (AFP)

Djibouti has signed a series of trade agreements with China including the setting up banking and free trade zones, according to a statement from the strategic H...

UN reduces size of peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast

Jan 20, 2016 (AFP)

The UN Security Council decided Wednesday to reduce the size of the UN peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast in light of an improved security situation and last Oct...