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Yellen heads to Africa as US seeks closer ties amid China inroads
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
Yellen's travel to Senegal, Zambia and South Africa from Wednesday onwards comes after a detour to Switzerland where she is set to meet Chinese Vice Premier Liu...
Senegalese soldier killed in clash with Casamance rebels: army
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
The soldier died Monday when the army moved against an attempt by the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) to install a new base near the border wi...
Al-Shabaab storms Somali military base in deadly attack
Jan 17, 2023 (AFP)
There were conflicting reports about the death toll from the assault on the military camp in the town of Hawadley. Speaking on national radio, army chief Odowaa...
Somali forces capture strategic town from Al-Shabaab
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
Government forces, which have been waging a major offensive against the Al-Qaeda-linked group for months, took control of Haradhere in central Galmudug state af...
Tear gas fired as influential Malian imam returns
Jan 15, 2023 (AFP)
The clash has drawn interest over signs of possible tensions as the miliary moves to monopolise its power. Supporters of imam Mahmoud Dicko turned up to welcome...
Four Mali police killed in ambush; Tear gas fired as influential imam returns
Jan 15, 2023 (AFP)
Two police vehicles were torched and two others, equipped with machine guns, were captured by the assailants during the attack in Kouala, the force said. Two of...
Regional force leaves key Tigray city under peace deal: army
Jan 12, 2023 (AFP)
It said the pullout by the Amhara special forces from Shire followed Wednesday's announcement by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that it has begun s...
China FM urges greater African voice in global governance
Jan 11, 2023 (AFP)
Qin made the call in a statement issued as he met the head of the African Union Commission who voiced frustration at what he said was the exclusion of Africa fr...
Gunmen kill 12 Nigeria security personnel in ambush
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
A patrol of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) paramilitary and the local vigilantes who work with the military were ambushed around a mining site...
Appeals trial for Liberia war crimes opens in Finland
Jan 10, 2023 (AFP)
The appeal is taking place in the Finnish city of Turku, 170 kilometres (106 miles) west of Helsinki. Massaquoi, who moved to Finland in 2008, is accused of mur...
Chad says it foiled 'destabilisation' bid by officers
Jan 08, 2023 (AFP)
A group of 11 officers, led by Baradine Berdei Targuio, president of the Chadian Organisation of Human Rights, were behind the attempt, according to a governmen...
46 Ivorian soldiers return home after Mali pardon
Jan 08, 2023 (AFP)
The troops, whose detention triggered a bitter diplomatic row between the countries, were arrested on July 10, 2022, after arriving in the Malian capital Bamako...
After peace deal, Orthodox Ethiopians keep a Christmas of hope
Jan 07, 2023 (AFP)
Two months after a ceasefire deal between the Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels to end two years of devastating war, Africa's largest Christian site is ali...
Soldier killed in jihadist ambush in northern Cameroon
Dec 30, 2022 (AFP)
The attack happened on Thursday in the town of Ldaoussaf in a region troubled by jihadist insurgents, the two sources told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymi...
Burkina army officer held in 'destabilisation' plot: prosecutor
Dec 29, 2022 (AFP)
One of the world's poorest countries, Burkina has already seen two coups by disgruntled army officers this year that have put the military in power. "The first ...
Gambia probes coup bid as soldiers arrested; DRC military court upholds death sentences
Dec 27, 2022 (AFP)
The government said last Wednesday it had thwarted a coup bid the previous day and detained some military personnel. A captain and lieutenant were then detained...
Two rangers killed in attack in famed DR Congo reserve
Dec 24, 2022 (AFP)
A huge expanse on the border with Uganda and Rwanda, Virunga is the oldest nature reserve in Africa and is renowned worldwide as a sanctuary for rare species, i...
Togo president sacks army minister and army chief
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
The presidential decrees, announced late Thursday, specify no reasons for the reshuffle, but the changes come as the small West African country faces a growing ...
Ivory Coast team in Mali for talks on detained soldiers
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
The West African bloc ECOWAS has given Mali until year's end to release the troops, whom the ruling junta has branded "mercenaries". The dispute erupted on July...
Ethiopia's warring parties agree to ceasefire monitor
Dec 23, 2022 (AFP)
The rivals announced a ceasefire in November that halted fighting in the northern Tigray region, where tens of thousands have died in two years of bloodshed. Am...
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