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Ethiopia says ready to boost Somalia troops after SLeone exit

Dec 22, 2014 (AFP)

Ethiopia said Monday it was ready to boost its troop levels in Somalia to replace soldiers from Sierra Leone, which has been forced to withdraw its forces from ...

Nigeria says reports of latest Islamist kidnap 'unverified'

Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)

Nigeria's military on Friday confirmed a deadly attack by Boko Haram in the northeast village of Gumsuri but said reports of a mass kidnapping needed to be veri...

African leaders call on UN for intervention in Libya

Dec 19, 2014 (AFP)

Leaders in the sub-Saharan Sahel region of Africa called Friday on the United Nations to organise an international force "to neutralise the armed groups" sowing...

54 Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny: lawyer

Dec 18, 2014 (AFP)

A Nigerian military court on Wednesday sentenced 54 soldiers to death for mutiny after they refused to deploy for an operation against Boko Haram Islamists in t...

DR Congo ex-rebels found in Uganda refugee camp

Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)

Around 1,000 ex-fighters from a Democratic Republic of Congo rebel group were found in a Ugandan refugee camp Wednesday, a day after fleeing moves to repatriate...

Zimbabwe, Zambia get $275mn for urgent Kariba Dam repair

Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)

Zimbabwe and Zambia have secured $275 million in loans and grants for urgent repairs to the gigantic power-generating Kariba Dam on the border between the two c...

'Anyone but the Chinese': Madagascar workers demand new masters

Dec 17, 2014 (AFP)

Workers at a Chinese sugar refinery in Madagascar, where a long-simmering labour dispute boiled over into deadly riots last week that left at least four dead, a...

US soldier jailed after joining French Foreign Legion

Dec 16, 2014 (AFP)

An American soldier who abandoned his unit to join the French Foreign Legion has been convicted of desertion and sentenced by the US military to four years in p...

HRW accuses Sudan army, allies of Blue Nile killings, rapes

Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Sudanese government forces and allied militias of leading a campaign of killings and rapes in areas of Blue Nile state wher...

Chinese sugar firm seeks compensation from Madagascar after riots

Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)

A Chinese-run sugar refinery in Madagascar damaged last week during a violent labour dispute will seek compensation from the government of the island nation, a ...

Congolese colonel gets life for crimes against humanity

Dec 15, 2014 (AFP)

A court in Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a former army colonel to life in prison Monday for crimes against humanity in the country's restive east betwe...

China 'shocked' by violent dispute at Madagascar factory

Dec 13, 2014 (AFP)

China's embassy in Madagascar said Saturday it was "very shocked" by a violent labour dispute at a Chinese-run sugar factory in the west of the island that resu...

Sudan minister vows to defeat rebels after fruitless talks

Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)

Sudan's defence minister said Friday a new army offensive would defeat rebels in the war-torn Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions, days after peace tal...

Two dead in violence at Chinese-run factory in Madagascar

Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)

Two people have died in violence at a Chinese-run sugar refinery in western Madagascar, the country's prime minister said Thursday. "There are two dead and a pa...

Muhammadu Buhari: Nigeria's former military ruler

Dec 11, 2014 (AFP)

Retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari has tried three times to become president of Nigeria since the return to civilian rule in 1999 and failed on each occasio...

Nigeria clears impounded cargo Russian plane to leave

Dec 08, 2014 (AFP)

Nigeria on Monday said it had given clearance for a Russian cargo plane carrying French military equipment to leave after it was detained in the volatile north....

Africa likely to see more rain as greenhouse emissions continue

Dec 05, 2014 (UPI)

For Africa and its climate, history seems to be repeating itself. A new study suggests an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations several thousand years ago c...

South Africa's Zuma calls China an anti-colonial force

Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)

South African President Jacob Zuma said Friday that China's growing influence in Africa would allow the continent to free itself from "colonial shackles" as he ...

Deadly air raid hits Libya militia on Tunisia border

Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)

An air strike hit a Libyan militia post on the border with Tunisia Friday, killing one person, as the United Nations warned a spate of bombing raids was damagin...

China's Xi hails South Africa's Zuma as 'good friend'

Dec 04, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed visiting South African President Jacob Zuma as China's "good friend", months after the latter's government refus...