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US sanctions leader of Sudan's armed forces
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
The US Treasury Department said in a statement that it had sanctioned Abdel Fattah al-Burhan over attacks by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) following the outbr...
Blinken voices regret at failure to end Sudan war
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
The Sudanese army has been at war with rival paramilitaries since April 2023 in a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and uprooted more than 12...
Clashes in eastern DR Congo wound dozens and displaces thousands
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
The Rwanda-backed M23, considered a "terrorist movement" by Kinshasa, has seized vast swathes of territory in east DRC since its resurgence in 2021. The area, w...
UN 'shocked' by reports of 'ethnically targeted killings' in Sudan
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
"We urge the authorities to fully investigate these reports to bring those responsible to justice and urgently act to ensure the effective protection of civilia...
Chinese men jailed in east DR Congo over gold bars
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
The court sentenced the men late Tuesday for the illegal purchase and illegal possession of minerals in Bukavu, the capital of the gold-rich South Kivu province...
Sudan army denies involvement in Al-Jazira state civilian assaults
Jan 14, 2025 (AFP)
The Emergency Lawyers, who have been documenting human rights abuses during the 20-month war between the army and rival paramilitaries, said the attacks in Um A...
France hands over second army base in Chad amid withdrawal
Jan 11, 2025 (AFP)
The central African country in late November abruptly ended military cooperation with its former colonial ruler, and French troops began leaving the country in ...
Russia eyes Libya to replace Syria as Africa launchpad
Jan 11, 2025 (AFP)
Russia runs a military port and an air base on the Syrian coast, designed to facilitate its operations in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and sub-Saharan Af...
Chad capital calm after deadly presidential palace assault
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
Beefed-up security and road blocks set up late on Wednesday had been lifted in the area around the presidential palace, where traffic was back to normal, AFP jo...
Chad says 20 killed in bid to storm presidential palace
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
Deby denounced what he called an attempt to "crush" him as national television showed images of more than 10 armed men at the entrance to the compound overcomin...
Chinese foreign minister pledges military aid for Africa
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
Wang began an Africa tour on January 6, visiting Namibia, the Republic of Congo and Chad before winding up his tour in Nigeria, where he held talks with Nigeria...
Toll rises in jihadist raid on Nigeria military base
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
At the weekend, fighters from the IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched a predawn raid on the base in Sabon Gari village in Damboa d...
Assault on Chad presidential complex leaves 19 dead
Jan 09, 2025 (AFP)
AFP reporters heard gunfire near the site and saw tanks on the street, while security sources reported that armed men had tried to overrun the complex. The gove...
U.S. declares Sudan's paramilitary and proxy forces are committing genocide
Jan 08, 2025 (UPI)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the genocide determination Tuesday. The United States has repeatedly declared that war crimes have been committed by...
Hundreds protest against illegal mining in east DR Congo
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
The gathering followed the announcement Sunday of the arrest of three Chinese nationals found in possession of gold bars and large sums of cash, according to So...
Chad president says Macron 'in wrong era' over remarks on troop withdrawals
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
"I'd like to express my outrage regarding recent remarks by President Macron which border on contempt for Africa and Africans. I think he is in the wrong era," ...
US says kills 10 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia air strike
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab has been waging a bloody insurgency against Somalia's fragile federal government for more than 17 years. The raid took place on D...
Jihadist raid on Nigeria military base kills six soldiers
Jan 06, 2025 (AFP)
Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) launched a pre-dawn attack in trucks and on motorcycles on Sunday on the base in Sabon Gari in Borno St...
Sudan army air strike kills 10 in southern Khartoum: rescuers
Jan 06, 2025 (AFP)
The strike on Sunday targeted a market area of the capital's Southern Belt "for the third time in less than a month," said the local Emergency Response Room (ER...
Libya military says air strikes target smuggling sites
Jan 06, 2025 (AFP)
It remained unclear if there were casualties from the strikes in Zawiya, a city on the Mediterranean coast about 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the capital Tr...
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