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Ethiopia's ruling party wins election landslide
May 27, 2015 (AFP)
Ethiopia's ruling party and its allies have won an overwhelming majority in parliament in weekend elections, the country's electoral board announced Wednesday. ...
GBissau honours president six years after assassination
May 26, 2015 (AFP)
Guinea-Bissau's parliament passed a unanimous resolution on Tuesday to honour former president Joao Bernardo Vieira as a hero of the country's independence move...
'Wall' of religious hatred divides Central African town
May 25, 2015 (AFP)
The outbreak of violence that plunged the Central African Republic into chaos in 2013 has left a legacy of suspicion, fear and hatred that still plagues places ...
Tunisian soldier kills 7 in barracks rampage
May 25, 2015 (AFP)
A Tunisian soldier the authorities say had psychological problems seized a gun at a barracks on Monday and killed seven comrades before being shot dead himself....
Nigeria military says 'scores' of Islamists killed, 20 hostages rescued
May 23, 2015 (AFP)
Nigeria's military on Saturday claimed the killing of scores of Boko Haram insurgents and the rescue of 20 more hostages during an operation in the notorious Sa...
New Burundi defence minister demands army 'cohesion' after coup bid
May 21, 2015 (AFP)
Burundi's defence minister has called for army unity after a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza and demanded soldiers hiding "rejoin their units." ...
South Sudan army seizes key rebel enclave: minister
May 20, 2015 (AFP)
South Sudan's army has captured a key rebel enclave in the northern battleground state of Unity, the information minister said Wednesday, after an almost month-...
S.Sudan army advances as UN warns over 650,000 at risk
May 18, 2015 (AFP)
South Sudan's army is advancing on a key rebel enclave, a spokesman said Monday, as UN and aid agencies warned fighting had cut hundreds of thousands of civilia...
Africa: 'the next China' for contemporary art
May 17, 2015 (AFP)
Giles Peppiatt, from Bonhams in London, had good reason to make the trip to Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, for the auction house's next sale of African art...
Mali government signs peace deal in absence of rebels
May 15, 2015 (AFP)
Mali's government and several armed groups signed a peace accord Friday in a ceremony attended by numerous heads-of-state but missing the crucial backing of the...
Nine killed in Boko Haram clash in NE Nigeria: sources
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
At least three soldiers, six vigilantes and dozens of Boko Haram insurgents have been killed during clashes in the restive northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri,...
Coup leader's deputy says Burundi putsch has failed
May 14, 2015 (AFP)
The attempt to overthrow Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza has failed, a deputy coup leader told AFP on Thursday. "Personally, I recognise that our movement...
Algeria army kills two armed Islamists: ministry
May 12, 2015 (AFP)
Soldiers killed two armed Islamists during an ambush Tuesday southwest of Algeria's capital, the government said, as media reported that four security personnel...
Malawi arrests ex-army chief over corruption
May 11, 2015 (AFP)
Malawi authorities on Monday said they had arrested former army chief Henry Odillo and another senior officer over corruption charges, after they allegedly auth...
Nigeria military claims rescue of another 25 Boko Haram hostages
May 06, 2015 (AFP)
Nigerian troops have rescued 25 more women and children from Boko Haram's northeastern stronghold in the Sambisa Forest, killing a number of insurgents and dest...
Sudan military shoots down 'aerial target' near capital: army
May 06, 2015 (AFP)
Sudanese anti-aircraft crews shot down an "aerial target" near Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman, a military spokesman said on Wednesday, after witnesses reporte...
Troops kill 28 suspected militants in central Nigeria: military
May 04, 2015 (AFP)
Troops killed 28 suspected militants during a weekend operation in central Nigeria launched in response to an attack last month which saw six soldiers gruesomel...
DR Congo grants amnesty to hundreds of M23 rebels
Apr 30, 2015 (AFP)
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced Thursday it had granted amnesty to around 375 ex-members of the defeated M23 rebel movement. The rebels' 18-month war...
Niger says 46 soldiers, 28 civilians killed in weekend Boko Haram attack
Apr 28, 2015 (AFP)
The Niger government said Tuesday it had lost 46 soldiers and 28 civilians in a Boko Haram attack on a Lake Chad island at the weekend, the country's heaviest l...
Niger says 2.5 million suffering food insecurity
Apr 21, 2015 (AFP)
More than 2.5 million people in Niger are suffering from food insecurity because of a shortfall in the cereal harvest due to bad weather and crop pests, the agr...
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