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Apr 02, 2023 (AFP)

The disaster occurred in the late morning in the village of Bulwa, in North Kivu's Masisi territory, according to Chadrack Mbukanirwa Ndibanja, one of the villa...

S.Sudanese troops join regional force in east DR Congo

Apr 02, 2023 (AFP)

At least 45 soldiers touched down in the city of Goma in the late morning, with further contingents expected to arrive at later dates. The South Sudanese soldie...

Ugandan troops join regional force in DR Congo

Mar 31, 2023 (AFP)

The M23 has conquered swathes of territory in eastern DRC since taking up arms again in late 2021 after years of dormancy. Hundreds of thousands of people have ...

DNA reveals African and Asian ancestry of medieval Swahili people

Mar 30, 2023 (SPX)

Archaeologists believe that the results, based on finds from excavations, including those directed by Professor Stephanie Wynne-Jones from the University of Yor...

Sudan coup leader urges troops to back democratic transition

Mar 26, 2023 (AFP)

Burhan seized power in a 2021 coup that had derailed a short-lived democratic transition following the 2019 ouster of Islamist general Omar al-Bashir. "During o...

DR Congo president appoints former militia leader as defence chief

Mar 24, 2023 (AFP)

Bemba, who served as vice president from 2003 to 2006, had been jailed by the International Criminal Court over crimes committed by rebels under his command, bu...

Disinformation attack targeted key Sahel state Niger: AFP investigation

Mar 23, 2023 (AFP)

In mid-February, social media in the landlocked arid nation were suddenly overrun with disinformation, from jihadist assaults and a supposed coup to a bogus bom...

Ethiopia parliament removes rebel Tigray party from terror list

Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)

"The house has approved the decision to lift the TPLF's terrorist designation with a majority vote," the parliament said on Facebook. It said the move will stre...

Army convoy brings food to blockaded Burkina city

Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)

Jihadists have dynamited bridges and mounted deadly attacks against previous supply convoys headed to the cut-off city of Djibo, leaving its people destitute. B...

The TPLF: party at the heart of Ethiopia's war

Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)

Following the decision by Ethiopia's parliament to delist the TPLF as a terrorist organisation, here is a brief history of the group: - Underground years - The ...

Nine Chinese nationals killed in Central African Republic

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

The attack by "armed men" happened at about 5:00 am near Bambari, said the central town's mayor Abel Matchipata. Matchipata told AFP that "nine bodies and two w...

C.Africa opens probe after 9 Chinese miners killed

Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)

The nine died in an as-yet unclaimed attack in the centre of the country on Sunday. "An enquiry was opened as soon as we knew an attack had taken place," said M...

9 Chinese killed in Central African Republic: local sources

Mar 19, 2023 (AFP)

"We have counted nine bodies and two wounded," the mayor of Bambari, Abel Matchipata, told AFP, adding that the victims were Chinese workers at a site run by th...

Angola parliament okays 500 troops for DR Congo

Mar 17, 2023 (AFP)

All 178 lawmakers present in the 220-member parliament on Friday voted to deploy the military. General Francisco Furtado, minister of state and head of the mili...

Security Council renews UN S.Sudan mission for one year

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

Thirteen of the council's 15 members voted to extend the mandate for the mission, known as UNMISS, until March 15, 2024. China and Russia abstained. Early this ...

Mali gets warplanes, drones from Russia, Turkey

Mar 16, 2023 (AFP)

Mali's air force chief, General Alou Boi Diarra, said he had received around 20 aircraft and a dozen drones at a ceremony attended by the head of the country's ...

Mali influencer arrested after denouncing junta's 'failure'

Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)

The arrest of Rokia Doumbia came days after another media figure, radio and TV presenter Mohamed Youssouf Bathily, widely known as "Ras Bath", was jailed for al...

Guinea court postpones trial of three former ministers

Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, who served as Guinea's former prime minister until a 2021 military coup faces a charge of having misused public funds. The then defence...

Africa pays the price as China and Russia muscle in

Mar 15, 2023 (AFP)

"One out of every three major infrastructure projects in Africa is built by Chinese state-owned enterprises, and one out of every five is financed by a Chinese ...

Rights group accuses Burkina forces of 'massacring' 21 civilians

Mar 11, 2023 (AFP)

Children were among those killed when more than 100 hooded attackers in military fatigues descended on Toessin-Foulbe earlier this week, shooting and torturing ...