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Jan 28, 2015 (AFP)

China on Wednesday offered a spirited defence of its aid to Africa, rejecting charges of "concrete diplomacy" following a major infrastructure deal with the con...

African Union agrees 'substantive' transport deal with China

Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)

China and the African Union agreed Tuesday an ambitious plan to develop road, rail and air transport routes to link capitals across the continent. African Union...

Defence Minister Lungu wins Zambia's disputed presidential race

Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)

Zambia's defence minister Edgar Lungu, of the ruling Patriotic Front, has narrowly won the country's presidential race, the electoral commission announced Satur...

Chinese become targets in DR Congo anti-government riots

Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)

Clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo police and political protestors that left some 40 people dead last week also revealed the level of hostility toward...

Spain negotiates permanent US Marines Africa force

Jan 23, 2015 (AFP)

Spain said Friday it was starting negotiations with Washington to host a permanent US Marines intervention force for deployment on missions to Africa. The Spani...

Chad strongman wins control of regional fight against Boko Haram

Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)

Chad's President Idriss Deby has secured control of regional operations against deadly Boko Haram Islamists, riding roughshod over his supposed allies in a week...

Chad army vehicles head for Cameroon to fight Boko Haram

Jan 16, 2015 (AFP)

Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria's dreaded Boko Haram insurgents. The convoy, seen by an AF...

Ugandan LRA rebel commander to be tried at ICC, army says

Jan 13, 2015 (AFP)

Captured Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebel chief Dominic Ongwen will be sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges of war crimes and crimes aga...

Bashir riding high at launch of Sudan re-election bid

Jan 11, 2015 (AFP)

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir launched his bid for re-election Sunday, facing little threat to his quarter century in power despite an ailing economy, multip...

African moon bid seeks boost for spacecraft blast off

Jan 09, 2015 (AFP)

An ambitious project to put an African spacecraft on the moon is sputtering on the launchpad as it struggles to secure an Internet crowdfunding lift off. The Af...

Ugandan army confirms top LRA rebel in US custody

Jan 07, 2015 (AFP)

Uganda's mililtary confirmed Wednesday that top Lord's Resistance Army rebel Dominic Ongwen was in the custody of US special forces in Central African Republic....

War-weary Burundians fear fresh violence as polls approach

Jan 06, 2015 (AFP)

People in Burundi's hilltop village of Rwesero know well the impact of war after decades of conflict, but fear of fresh violence is growing after rebel battles ...

DRCongo rebel chief Cobra Matata transfered to Kinshasa

Jan 05, 2015 (AFP)

Democratic Republic of Congo rebel leader Cobra Matata arrived handcuffed in the capital Kinshasa Monday amid army accusations that he'd sought to resume his in...

Ugandan dissident general placed under house arrest

Jan 03, 2015 (AFP)

An outspoken Ugandan general who recently returned to the country after 18 months in self-imposed exile has been placed under house arrest, officials said Satur...

French defense minister in surprise visit to desert base near Libya

Jan 01, 2015 (AFP)

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian paid a surprise visit to northern Niger Thursday, to visit a base being built to combat the growing flow of weapons a...

Alleged Kenya poaching boss a 'flight risk', court told

Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)

A court in Kenya was urged Tuesday not to grant bail to a suspected ivory trafficking ringleader, with the prosecution arguing his release would be a major blow...

Somalia says top Shebab intel official killed in US air strike

Dec 30, 2014 (AFP)

A top intelligence official with Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affliated Shebab rebels was killed in a US air strike on Monday, Somalia's government said. "In a joint oper...

Cameroon air strikes hit Boko Haram for first time

Dec 29, 2014 (AFP)

Cameroon has sent warplanes into action against Nigerian Boko Haram fighters for the first time, after the large force of jihadists crossed the border and seize...

Football hero George Weah in landslide Liberian Senate win

Dec 28, 2014 (AFP)

Liberian opposition politician and former football star George Weah won a landslide victory in Senate elections in Ebola-ravaged Liberia, official results showe...

Elephant ivory smuggling 'kingpin' arrested in Tanzania

Dec 23, 2014 (AFP)

A suspected organised crime boss alleged to be a leading figure in the illegal ivory trade has been arrested by Interpol agents in Tanzania, officials said Tues...