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Stench of death as Sudan army, paramilitaries battle for capital

Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)

The volunteers say 14 more remain below. "They were shot in the head, some have crushed skulls," Hisham Zein al-Abdeen, head of forensic medicine at Sudan's hea...

Sudan army makes gains as battle for Khartoum intensifies

Mar 17, 2025 (AFP)

The latest push by the army, at war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023, comes after troops had broken prolonged sieges on key mil...

Burkina military denies accusations of attacks on civilians

Mar 15, 2025 (AFP)

"The government regrets and condemns the spread on social media of images inciting hatred and communal violence, and of false information aimed at undermining s...

Sudan paramilitary shelling kills six in key city: medic

Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)

El-Obeid, the state capital of North Kordofan, has been under relentless bombardment for eight consecutive days by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), ...

Burkina junta creates new battalions to fight jihadists

Mar 14, 2025 (AFP)

Burkina Faso has been plagued by Islamist attacks in the last 10 years, leaving an estimated 26,000 soldiers and civilians dead. Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Em...

EU, South Africa leaders vow deeper ties amid US threats

Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen also plans to mobilise a 4.7-billion-euro ($5 billion) investment package in South Africa that includes funding fo...

Burkina army 'tortured and massacred' civilians: local source, NGO

Mar 13, 2025 (AFP)

"Whole families of Fulani shepherds were killed in the bushes of Solenzo, in the Bema and Ban areas," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity, giving a to...

Orange Africa and Eutelsat Partner to Expand Satellite Internet in Africa and the Middle East

Mar 11, 2025 (SPX)

Under this multi-year agreement, Orange will leverage the EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite to deliver high-speed, reliable internet access. The initial rollout will c...

IMF approves new aid program for Egypt

Mar 11, 2025 (AFP)

The Fund's Executive Board also completed the fourth review of an ongoing aid program, allowing for the immediate disbursement of $1.2 billion to Cairo and brin...

France begins handover of military bases to Senegal: embassy

Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)

The withdrawal follows the departure of French forces from Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Ivory Coast in recent years. The French embassy in Dakar announce...

S.Sudan heatwave 'more likely' due to climate change: study

Mar 07, 2025 (AFP)

The impoverished nation has been plagued by insecurity and instability since declaring independence in 2011, and is ill-equipped to counter increasing environme...

Guinea opens appeal of former defence minister Diane

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

Diane, who was a key member of Conde's team from 2015 to 2021, has been detained since 2022 and a special court in December sentenced him to prison for embezzle...

Zimbabwe national parks slam mining project in rhino reserve

Mar 06, 2025 (AFP)

"The proposed mining project poses a significant threat" to the park's Sinamatella Black Rhino Intensive Protection Zone, ZimParks said in a statement. It said ...

Chad army leader's party wins overwhelming senate majority

Mar 04, 2025 (AFP)

Chad's senatorial vote at the end of February was the final stage of a political transition that began when Deby took power after the death of his father four y...

Ugandan army deploys to town in northeast DR Congo

Mar 02, 2025 (AFP)

"Our troops have entered Mahagi town and we are in control," Uganda's defence and military affairs spokesman Felix Kulayigye told AFP Sunday. The deployment was...

Jihadist ambush kills 11 soldiers in north Niger

Mar 01, 2025 (AFP)

According to Air Info news website, an army patrol was ambushed in the Ekade Malane area on Friday and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) cla...

UN authorises evacuation of staff families from Burundi

Feb 28, 2025 (AFP)

The Rwanda-backed M23 group has in recent weeks seized two major cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the armed group a major foothold i...

UN requests $2.5 billion for DRC humanitarian plan

Feb 27, 2025 (AFP)

The funding is "crucial to deliver lifesaving assistance" to the 11 million people who are in the greatest need in the country, including 7.8 million internally...

S.Africa repatriates more than 120 soldiers from DR Congo

Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)

Twenty-one soldiers returned Tuesday and 106 more on Wednesday, South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) spokesman Prince Tshabalala said. They were part of ...

In Somalia, 4.4 million people risk hunger by June: report

Feb 26, 2025 (AFP)

The number, which represents an increase of one million people from the present, comes from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a UN-backed...