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Nigeria names former top general as defence minister

Dec 02, 2025 (AFP)

The nomination of Musa is the latest military leadership shake-up as the Nigerian armed forces face a tumultuous few weeks, and comes as Africa's most populous ...

Kenya launches $1.5 bn road project with Chinese firms

Nov 28, 2025 (AFP)

Beijing is among Kenya's top five development lenders, with Nairobi owing China some $4.7 billion, according to official 2025 data. Much of this comes from the ...

Bitterness, disappointment grip Bissau-Guineans after coup

Nov 27, 2025 (AFP)

As always, the five friends had arrived at the main marketplace of Guinea-Bissau's capital early that morning, setting up stalls to sell soap, body lotion and f...

Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping

Nov 22, 2025 (AFP)

The early Friday raid on St Mary's co-education school in Niger state in central Nigeria came after gunmen on Monday stormed a secondary school in neighbouring ...

Niger junta taxes consumer imports to fund anti-jihadist fight as jihadist attack kills 10 soldiers

Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)

The new taxes include a seven-percent levy on cigarettes, 12 percent on beer and other beverages, 10 percent on refrigerators and up to five percent on motor ve...

France reducing diplomatic staff in Mali due to insecurity: ministry

Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)

"France continues to monitor the security situation in Mali closely," the ministry official said, asking not to be named. "In light of the situation, and follow...

Pentagon chief calls on Nigeria to stop violence against Christians

Nov 21, 2025 (AFP)

Hegseth called on Nigeria to "take both urgent and enduring action to stop violence against Christians," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement, ad...

Sudan's parallel war on social media; Aid workers forced to 'choose who to save'

Nov 20, 2025 (AFP)

Since April 2023, a power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who leads the paramilitary Rapid Su...

Jihadists say killed Nigerian brigadier general

Nov 17, 2025 (AFP)

In a post on the IS-affiliated Amaq online channel, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) said its fighters "killed a senior officer in the Nigerian ar...

Russian army present in six African countries: state TV

Nov 17, 2025 (AFP)

Facing isolation in the West following its full-scale offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has tried to build new partnerships in Africa, where it has been growing its ...

Four Nigerian security personnel killed in jihadist ambush

Nov 15, 2025 (AFP)

Fighters from Islamic State-West Africa Province (ISWAP) opened fire Friday with heavy guns on a motorcycle convoy of Nigerian troops, anti-jihadist militia and...

Mali media authorities suspend French broadcasters

Nov 14, 2025 (AFP)

The ruling military junta, which came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, has suspended several media outlets -- particularly foreign ones -- and s...

Stampede at Ghana army recruitment event kills 6, wounds 22

Nov 12, 2025 (AFP)

"The unfortunate incident led to the death of six potential recruits," it said in a statement. Twenty-two others were wounded in the stampede at the El-Wak Spor...

DR Congo ex-rebel leader Lumbala's war crimes trial opens in France

Nov 12, 2025 (AFP)

Lumbala, 67, is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role during the 1998-2003 Second Congo War, during which more than a half-dozen African...

HRW slams Cameroon killings, arrests after disputed vote

Nov 12, 2025 (AFP)

Since Biya, the world's oldest head of state, was proclaimed the victor of the October 12 vote, the central African country has been shaken by demonstrations, w...

Niger junta thanks rival Libya govt for hostage liberation

Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)

Their liberation is the latest sign of collaboration between Haftar's administration, which rivals the United Nations-backed government in Tripoli, and the Nige...

Google denies removing W.Sahara border for Morocco users

Nov 11, 2025 (AFP)

After media reports last week highlighted the discrepancy, tying it to the UN Security Council endorsing the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, the tech...

Kenyan prosecution welcomes detention of UK ex-soldier over woman's murder

Nov 08, 2025 (AFP)

Robert James Purkiss, 38, was remanded in custody by a judge after being arrested on Thursday, Britain's National Crime Agency said in a statement. Purkiss is w...

Central Nigerian town rebuilds religious trust in shadow of Trump's threat

Nov 07, 2025 (AFP)

Nigeria, a west African country of 230 million people, is roughly evenly split between a mostly Christian south and a Muslim-majority north. It is home to myria...

In Sudan, satellite images uncover atrocities in El-Fasher

Nov 05, 2025 (AFP)

In an interview with AFP, Nathaniel Raymond of Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) said the aerial images were the only way to monitor the crisis ...