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US says four jihadists killed in Somalia air strikes
Aug 10, 2022 (AFP)
The strikes took place Tuesday in Beledweyne, 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of Mogadishu, after militants from the group with links to Al-Qaeda attached Soma...
Jihadist-hit Mali receives six more warplanes from Russia
Aug 09, 2022 (AFP)
The head of the military junta, Assimi Goita, joined Russian diplomats at a ceremony for the handover of five L-39 and Sukhoi-25 jets and an Mi-24P helicopter. ...
US not trying to 'outdo' world powers in Africa, says Blinken
Aug 08, 2022 (AFP)
Blinken outlined the US government's new Africa strategy as he visited South Africa in the first stop of a three-nation trip to the continent. The visit followe...
US says new Africa strategy will engage leaders, rethink military role
Aug 08, 2022 (AFP)
Officials in President Joe Biden's administration told reporters that the new "U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa" will actively engage the region's leader...
From coffee to toothpaste, Nigerians buy small as hardships bite
Aug 05, 2022 (AFP)
Consumer brands behind this "sachetisation of the economy" see it as a creative innovation, allowing consumption for all Nigerians, the majority of whom live on...
S.Sudan extends transitional govt by two years
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
Martin Elia Lomuro, the minister of cabinet affairs, said the decision was taken "to address the challenges that impede the implementation of the peace agreemen...
Burkina army says civilians killed in air raid
Aug 03, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement, army headquarters said "targeted actions" were carried out in the east on Monday against "terrorist groups responsible for several atrocities". ...
Nigeria's army orders reshuffle as insecurity grows
Jul 29, 2022 (AFP)
Nigeria's security forces are overstretched on several fronts, battling a grinding 13-year jihadist war in the northeast, bandit militias in the northwest and s...
Togo mediates in Mali, ICoast soldiers dispute
Jul 28, 2022 (AFP)
Gnassingbe met separately with the delegations in the presidential palace in the capital Lome, the sources said. The Togolese presidency did not publish any sta...
Burundi secretly sent troops to DR Congo: rights group
Jul 27, 2022 (AFP)
The main target of the operation is the RED-Tabara, the Burundi Human Rights Initiative said, referring to the most active of the rebel groups which is deemed a...
Mali army says 3 soldiers, 3 terrorists killed in attacks
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement, the military blamed Al-Qaeda-affiliated Macina Katiba jihadists for the attacks, which it said took place in and around the towns of Douentza, K...
DR Congo warns of 'militarising' wildlife parks in Rwanda spat
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
Tourism Minister Modero Nsimba accused Rwanda -- which this week is hosting an international conference on protected wildlife areas in Africa -- of hypocrisy. "...
Biden plans Africa summit in December as China influence grows
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
Biden said he will hold the summit from December 13 to 15 to "demonstrate the United States' enduring commitment to Africa." "The US-Africa Leaders Summit will ...
US says two jihadists killed in air strike in Somalia
Jul 19, 2022 (AFP)
The strike took place near Libikus in the Lower Juba region, the US military command for Africa (AFRICOM) said in a statement issued late Monday. "The command's...
US promises $1.2 bn to feed Horn of Africa, urges others to help
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
Power voiced alarm that the war as well as climate change were worsening hunger around the world, just after a decade of progress had been "obliterated" by the ...
Israeli army chief makes first Morocco visit
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
Aviv Kohavi's three-day trip is the first official visit of an Israeli army chief to the North African kingdom. Kohavi will meet Morocco's minister delegate in ...
Chinese man charged with human trafficking in Malawi
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
Lu Ke, 26, was arrested last month in neighbouring Zambia for illegal entry after fleeing Malawi when allegations of abuse surfaced. He allegedly filmed childre...
African nations meet on 'critical' nature conservation
Jul 18, 2022 (AFP)
The IUCN Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) is being held just a few months before the COP15 summit in December when global leaders are aiming to adopt a mu...
Ukraine war must not blind West to African needs: French minister
Jul 16, 2022 (AFP)
"We have a form of myopia in Europe and France, where the Ukraine war mobilises all our energy, and that is natural -- it is a conflict that concerns the West a...
Libyan envoys meet in Congo ahead of reconciliation talks
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
Presidential and parliamentary elections were planned for last December in Libya, but they were postponed indefinitely over controversial candidates and the rul...
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