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Germany to pull troops from Mali by end 2023: govt source
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
"By the end of 2023 at the latest, German soldiers are to end their involvement in the UN blue helmet mission MINUSMA," the source said. Britain and Ivory Coast...
EU vows $1 billion package for climate resilience in Africa
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
The initiative, launched at UN climate talks along with France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, will combine "existing and new" programmes to prepare for ...
WFP says its first aid convoy since Ethiopia peace deal enters Tigray
Nov 16, 2022 (AFP)
Restoring aid deliveries to Tigray was a key part of the agreement signed in South Africa on November 2 to silence the guns in a two-year conflict that has kill...
Red Cross says first aid convoy arrives in Tigray capital
Nov 15, 2022 (AFP)
The restoration of aid deliveries to Tigray was a key part of the breakthrough agreement signed on November 2 to silence the guns in the two-year conflict that ...
Ethiopia PM vows to execute 'promise' of peace deal
Nov 15, 2022 (AFP)
The deal inked in South Africa on November 2 called for the disarming of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the restoration of aid to Tigray, which...
UK to end deployment of 300 troops to UN mission in Mali
Nov 14, 2022 (AFP)
"I can announce that the UK contingent will... now be leaving the MINUSMA mission earlier than planned," Defence Minister James Heappey told parliament, referri...
After Ethiopia peace deal, what's ahead is 'more consequential': rebels
Nov 13, 2022 (AFP)
The deal signed in Pretoria, South Africa on November 2 called for the disarmament of rebels and unhindered access for humanitarian supplies. The restoration of...
Burkina opens probe into alleged army abuses
Nov 12, 2022 (AFP)
Troops fired shells at four villages near their military camp, according to a statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) addressed to the go...
Kenyan peacekeepers arrive in DR Congo's volatile east
Nov 12, 2022 (AFP)
The M23 militia has recently surged across the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, capturing swathes of territory and inflaming tensions with ne...
Ethiopia rivals agree on humanitarian access for Tigray
Nov 12, 2022 (AFP)
The agreement followed talks in the Kenyan capital Nairobi this week on the full implementation of a deal signed between the warring sides 10 days ago to end th...
EU eyes 'military partnership mission' for Niger
Nov 11, 2022 (AFP)
The 27-nation bloc is revising its footprint in the volatile Sahel region after cutting back its training mission in Mali in response to the deployment of Russi...
Three injured as Eswatini army open fire on protesters
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
About 100 minibus taxi and bus drivers took to the streets in the central city of Manzini to demand the release of the four who were arrested earlier this week ...
Kenya to send over 900 troops in DR Congo mission; Angolan court jails ex-army officers, bankers for fraud
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
The National Assembly on Wednesday approved the despatch of just over 900 Kenya Defence Force personnel to the DRC as part of a joint regional operation against...
UN accuses Mali army and jihadists of massacres
Nov 10, 2022 (AFP)
The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) report, seen by AFP on Thursday, catalogues 375 rights violations in the country between July and September, attributing 163 to...
Macron ends France's Africa mission, ponders new strategy
Nov 09, 2022 (AFP)
The declaration came in a wide-ranging speech reviewing France's strategy where the president also underlined the importance of its nuclear deterrent, as well a...
France to unveil shift in West Africa anti-jihadist fight
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
Macron will travel to a naval base at Toulon to officially mark the end of the Barkhane operation, following the pull-out of French forces from Mali earlier thi...
Military leaders of Ethiopia warring parties talk disarmament
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
The breakthrough accord inked in South Africa, which has been hailed internationally as a key step towards ending the two-year conflict, includes a timetable fo...
Africa facing climate impact 'nightmare': Kenyan president
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
The UN climate Conference of the Parties talks in Egypt, billed as the "African COP", are set to be dominated by calls from developing countries that rich pollu...
Sudan's Burhan warns Islamists to steer clear of army
Nov 06, 2022 (AFP)
Burhan, whose October 2021 coup derailed a transition to civilian rule, was a senior general under Islamist-backed Bashir. The military toppled the long-time au...
At 'African COP', continent's climate needs may go unmet
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
As the toll of climate-linked disasters mounts in debt-ridden countries across Africa, governments are demanding that rich polluters pay for the harm their emis...
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