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Senegal president says France should close military bases
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
Faye said that France's President Emmanuel Macron had admitted that his country's troops were responsible for a "massacre" of Senegalese soldiers in 1944. Faye ...
Mali says arrested 6 'terrorists' over jihadist attacks
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
The attack targeted a military police training camp and airport killing 70 people and wounding 200, one of the highest tolls the country has suffered in recent ...
France urges ceasefire in Sudan war, pledges aid to Chad
Nov 28, 2024 (AFP)
Sudan has been mired since April 2023 in conflict between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by his former...
Burkina freezes assets of more than 100 people over 'financing of terrorism'
Nov 21, 2024 (AFP)
The decision affects 113 individuals and two "terrorist organisations" -- the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and Islamic State in the Greater...
How will Senegal's new leaders use their legislative landslide?
Nov 20, 2024 (AFP)
Eight months after sweeping to power pledging economic transformation and social justice, what are the priorities for the president and prime minister as voters...
UK doubles aid to war-torn Sudan
Nov 17, 2024 (AFP)
The new funding will be targeted at the 600,000 people in Sudan and 700,000 people in neighbouring countries who have fled the conflict. "The brutal conflict in...
World not listening to us, laments Kenyan climate scientist at COP29
Nov 16, 2024 (AFP)
"If the world was listening to science, maybe we wouldn't be doing these COPs," the 36-year-old Kenyan climate scientist told AFP on the sidelines of this year'...
Madagascar riverbank landslide hits boat, killing 16
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
The landslide-caused accident happened late on Tuesday on the Tsiribihina River in the Menabe region. "Of the 26 passengers, 16 did not survive," police said. T...
French weapons in Sudan 'in violation of UN embargo': Amnesty
Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)
Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) built and supplied by the United Arab Emirates and spotted by Amnesty in Sudan were fitted with Galix defence systems -- made...
IMF, DR Congo agree on new loans worth close to $3 bn
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
The announcement was made by the International Monetary Fund at the end of a two-week mission to the DRC to discuss the programs, which are designed to boost th...
U.S. sanctions RSF commander for West Darfur over attacks on civilians
Nov 13, 2024 (UPI)
The breakaway RSF and the Sudan Defense Force have been waging a bloody civil war since April of 2023, resulting in at least 20,000 deaths. In West Darfur, the ...
Rwandan soldier kills five in bar shooting
Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)
It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting. But the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant. "RD...
Senegal grapples with floods, economy ahead of parliamentary elections
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
The 28-year-old is one of tens of thousands to have been displaced when torrential rains caused the Senegal River to burst its banks in October. Wide swathes of...
What Trump's re-election could mean for Africa
Nov 11, 2024 (AFP)
They are calling for cooperation with mutual respect. Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga, for one, has shrugged off Trump's comments, made at a private Janu...
Mali detains CEO of gold mining firm Resolute
Nov 10, 2024 (AFP)
It is the second time in just over a month that employees of a foreign mining firm have been detained in Mali, as the ruling military junta seeks greater contro...
Burkina army launches probe after mutilation video leak
Nov 10, 2024 (AFP)
"The relevant departments have been asked to determine the authenticity and origin of this video, as well as the identities of the individuals concerned, so tha...
Mali detains 3 executives from gold mining firm Resolute
Nov 09, 2024 (AFP)
It is the second time in just over a month that employees of a foreign mining firm have been detained in Mali, as the ruling military junta seeks greater contro...
Sudan army govt accuses paramilitaries of causing 120 civilian deaths in 2 days
Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)
"The Janjaweed militia (paramilitaries) committed a new massacre in the town of Hilaliya in Al-Jazira state over the past two days, resulting in 120 martyrs so ...
Chad army inflicts 'many dead' on Boko Haram jihadists
Nov 07, 2024 (AFP)
"We carried out several air strikes on enemy positions that resulted in many dead and wounded," Deby told reporters in the Lake Chad region, without giving spec...
DR Congo, Rwanda affirm need to respect ceasefire
Nov 05, 2024 (AFP)
The countries met with the Angolan foreign minister in North Kivu provincial capital Goma, east DRC, close to the Congolese and Rwandan border to launch a commi...
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