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Islamist armed groups, army targeting civilians in Mali: HRW

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

The Al-Qaeda-linked Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) was responsible for the deaths of at least 135 civilians in two attacks, the human rights organis...

One year after Tigray peace deal, rights abuses persist

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch, the European Union and 10 foreign governments said rights abuses were continuing in Africa's second most populous country despite the peace ...

HRW says abuses persist in Ethiopia despite peace deal

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

The two-year conflict in northern Ethiopia between forces loyal to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front killed half a...

Uganda captures militia chief accused of tourist murders

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

He was the only survivor of a night-time military operation on Tuesday against a unit of the feared Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) that killed six other fighter...

Gambia court jails soldier for 12 years for coup plot

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

The court found lance corporal Sanna Fadera guilty of treason on Tuesday, according to a judgement seen by AFP on Wednesday. While the region has faced a series...

Voices from Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

But the legacy of the two-year war is everywhere in Tigray, even though fighting has ceased and access to key services including banking, electricity and intern...

One year on, peace holds in Tigray but Ethiopia still fractured

Nov 01, 2023 (AFP)

In November 2022, Ethiopia's federal government and the rebellious authorities of Tigray agreed in South Africa to a ceasefire after two years of bloodshed and ...

Divisive legacy of a British army base in Kenya

Oct 28, 2023 (AFP)

For decades Britain has sent its forces to train in central Kenya but their presence has long attracted controversy, with soldiers accused of rape and murder, a...

Sudan peace talks resume in Jeddah: Saudi statement

Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)

Since April, the war between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces...

Sudan peace talks resume in Jeddah with limited goals

Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)

Since April, the war between regular forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), commanded by his former ...

PM Abiy says Ethiopia will 'not pursue interests through war'

Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)

"There are fears that Ethiopia may carry out an invasion after our recent strong demand for access to the sea," Abiy told thousands of troops in Addis Ababa par...

U.S. officially concludes Gabon gov't ousted in coup

Oct 24, 2023 (UPI)

The declaration, announced by the U.S. government late Monday, comes nearly two months after the Gabon government of President Ali Bongo Ondimba was ousted by t...

UN says peacekeepers' 'lives in danger' in Mali

Oct 22, 2023 (AFP)

Malian troops on Saturday took over the Tessalit camp, the army said on social media, the first handover in the Kidal region where clashes with armed groups hav...

Kenyans demand compensation for British army blaze ahead of king's visit

Oct 20, 2023 (AFP)

A Kenyan court has ordered the British Army to pay compensation for the blaze, which ravaged more than 4,800 hectares (12,000 acres) of land during a military e...

French troops to leave Niger by year's end: French general

Oct 20, 2023 (AFP)

The pullout, demanded by Niger's military rulers, started last week after the July ouster of president Mohamed Bazoum, a key ally of Paris, threw France's strat...

DR Congo: foreign armies, militias, private military contractors

Oct 16, 2023 (AFP)

Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in a country with more than six million already displaced. The government of the central Africa...

S.Africa recalls peacekeepers accused of sexual abuse in DRC

Oct 15, 2023 (AFP)

The eight, part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, were detained and confined to their barracks in the eastern city of Beni earlier this month. "Due to t...

Mali's junta says departure of UN troops will not be delayed

Oct 15, 2023 (AFP)

The UN said on Saturday it was worried its drawdown could be hampered by an escalation of fighting in the north -- where rival armed groups are seeking to seize...

Nigeria air strikes kill around '100 bandit fighters'

Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)

Nigeria's air force confirmed it had carried out bombardments in northwestern Zamfara State on Tuesday, but a spokesman said he could not yet provide details on...

Chad agrees transit for France's Niger troop withdrawal

Oct 13, 2023 (AFP)

The French army faces repatriating its equipment mostly overland through Chad and then Cameroon -- a distance of more than 3,000 kilometres (around 1,860 miles)...