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Africa sees 'most challenging' environment in years: IMF
Oct 14, 2022 (AFP)
The crisis lender's assessment came days after it downgraded the region's growth prospect to 3.6 percent for 2022 -- markedly lower than last year's 4.7 percent...
Yellen says China a 'barrier' in African debt relief
Oct 14, 2022 (AFP)
Yellen took aim at Beijing at several events during the groups' annual meetings in the US capital this week. At talks with European Union finance ministers, she...
Deadly Burkina jihadist attack, catalyst for latest coup
Oct 08, 2022 (AFP)
Aziz was driving his lorry carrying rice and grain near the back of the 207-vehicle convoy under military escort when gunfire broke out near Gaskinde. The ambus...
Mali's army launches probe into alleged killings of civilians
Oct 08, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement follows media reports in September of abuses by Malian troops and the mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group reportedly working with them. The ...
Doubts over Ethiopia peace talks as Kenya envoy says won't attend
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
The bid to resolve the near two-year conflict comes as fierce fighting grips northern Ethiopia after a resurgence in combat in August shattered a five-month tru...
I.Coast president sees progress in Mali troop spat
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
"Things are moving along well... we think we will probably have a positive outcome very swiftly," Ouattara said after meeting President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of ...
Sahel military coups only help jihadists: analysts
Oct 07, 2022 (AFP)
The poor, arid region has been wracked by jihadist insecurity since 2012. It began in northern Mali then in 2015 spread to its centre and neighbouring Niger and...
Demonstrators rally in support of new Burkina Faso leader
Oct 06, 2022 (AFP)
Ibrahim Traore was declared president on Wednesday after a two-day standoff that ousted Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized power only in Janua...
Africa in space: continent has a lot to gain, but proper plans must be put in place
Oct 06, 2022 (The Conversation)
Russia's Sputnik kicked off the space age in 1957. But Africa didn't join until 1999. Why? Sputnik happened partly due to the cold war rivalry between the US an...
Traore officially named Burkina Faso president after coup
Oct 05, 2022 (AFP)
The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into renewed turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba -- who had seized power in January ...
Two including Russian pilot killed in Mali plane crash
Oct 04, 2022 (AFP)
Video provided to AFP by a witness showed an aircraft descending at high speed before crashing in a plume of smoke. A military official, who spoke on condition ...
Burkina junta leader resigns, flees after coup
Oct 03, 2022 (AFP)
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba "himself offered his resignation in order to avoid confrontations with serious human and material consequences", t...
Moroccan nomads' way of life threatened by climate change
Oct 03, 2022 (AFP)
"Everything has changed," said Moha Ouchaali, his wrinkled features framed by a black turban. "I don't recognise myself anymore in the world of today. Even natu...
Top Al-Shabaab leader killed in joint operation: Somalia govt
Oct 03, 2022 (AFP)
The drone strike on October 1, launched by the Somali army and international security partners, killed Abdullahi Yare near the coastal town of Haramka, the mini...
France vows 'full' support for I.Coast in spat with Mali
Sep 27, 2022 (AFP)
The initial arrest of 49 soldiers after their arrival at Bamako airport on July 10 sparked a diplomatic row between Mali and its West African neighbour. Three w...
Mozambique, Tanzania pen deals to fight terrorism
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
No details were released about the agreements, which were signed during a visit to Maputo by Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan. A deadly insurgency erupt...
US says it killed 27 Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia strike
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
The strike was carried out near Bulobarde as the Somali National Army and African Union Transition Mission continued an operation to disrupt Al-Shabaab jihadist...
Two civilians shot by soldiers in breakaway Cameroon region
Sep 21, 2022 (AFP)
The army said that the "unfortunate incident" happened on Monday in Nylbat-Andek in country's North West -- one of Cameroon's two English-speaking regions -- af...
DR Congo head of military operations against M23 rebels arrested
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
Lieutenant-General Philemon Yav Irung has been in prison in the capital Kinshasa since Monday, according to a report by Radio Okapi. Irung has commanded the DRC...
World Bank asks Sahel nations to diversify economies
Sep 19, 2022 (AFP)
A report said Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger -- all in the arid Sahel region --are among the least developed countries in the world and therefo...
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