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Top Nigerian environmentalist sees little coming out of COP30
Oct 24, 2025 (AFP)
"Unfortunately!" smiles the Nigerian 67-year-old, who harbours little hope for the outcomes of this "ritual" in which states participate "while knowing that not...
Nigeria sacks top brass after denying coup plot
Oct 24, 2025 (AFP)
The move comes less than a week after Nigerian media reported a foiled coup plot -- although the government and military denied the reports. "I have approved ch...
Mali ruler fires commanders after battlefield setbacks
Oct 22, 2025 (AFP)
Junta leader Assimi Goita replaced the deputy general chief of staff, the head of military security and the ground forces' chief of staff, the document said. A ...
Two Burkinabe press editors freed a week after abduction
Oct 21, 2025 (AFP)
Burkina Faso's military government, which emerged from a September 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, has regularly been accused of repressing figures the...
Nigeria denies officers arrested over coup plot
Oct 18, 2025 (AFP)
The west African country has seen several military takeovers in its history and spent much of the 20th century under junta rule since its independence from Brit...
Army colonel set to be sworn in as Madagascar president
Oct 17, 2025 (AFP)
The country's highest court was now expected to formalise the appointment of Colonel Michael Randrianirina in a ceremony at 10:00 am (0700 GMT), capping a drama...
African Data Drive launches to guide sustainable development across the continent
Oct 17, 2025 (SPX)
As industrial, agricultural, and mining activities expand rapidly, the continent faces growing pressure to balance economic development with biodiversity protec...
Crowds flock for an audience with Madagascar's new military leader
Oct 16, 2025 (AFP)
The commander of the CAPSAT unit was to be sworn in as transitional president Friday, just three days after seizing power as the national assembly voted to impe...
Burkina frees three journalists, two others held
Oct 15, 2025 (AFP)
Burkina Faso's military junta, which sprang a September 2022 coup led by Captain Ibrahim Traore, has regularly faced accusations of repressive measures against ...
Madagascar military unit seizes power after president impeached
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down, going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street demonstrations in the island nation....
Murdered Kenyan's niece calls for UK ex-soldier's extradition
Oct 14, 2025 (AFP)
Agnes Wanjiru, 21, died in 2012 after she reportedly went partying with British soldiers at a hotel in Nanyuki, a town in central Kenya where Britain has a perm...
Burkina magistrates, journalists kidnapped, missing; Former jihadist fighters join Niger army
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
Since taking power in a September 2022 coup, the west African country's junta has been accused of repressing critical voices, including by sending people to the...
Madagascar's president leaves country amid Gen Z protests
Oct 13, 2025 (UPI)
President Andry Rajoelina had been scheduled to address the island nation, which is located off Africa's southeastern coast, when his office reported a group of...
Madagascar on edge as embattled president's address delayed
Oct 13, 2025 (AFP)
Rajoelina has not appeared in public since Wednesday, fuelling speculation he may have fled the Indian Ocean nation rocked by more than two weeks of anti-govern...
Madagascar installs armed forces chief chosen by mutinying unit
Oct 12, 2025 (AFP)
General Demosthene Pikulas was installed as chief of the Army Staff during a ceremony at the army headquarters attended by armed forces minister, Manantsoa Dera...
Dozens killed by paramilitary drone and artillery attacks in Sudan
Oct 11, 2025 (UPI)
Local activists said the RSF struck the Dar al-Arqam refugee camp with two drone attacks and eight artillery shells, which the RSF has denied, the BBC reported....
At least 14 soldiers killed in South Sudan as 'love triangle' turns bloody
Oct 08, 2025 (AFP)
A clash between members of the Unified VIP Protection Force, which comprises government troops and opposition fighters, erupted on Monday at a market near the o...
Dutch NGO rejects Burkina junta's claims of spying
Oct 08, 2025 (AFP)
The International and Safety Organisation (INSO) was responding a day after the country's Security Minister Mahamadou Sana accused its staff of "spying and trea...
Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dry
Oct 08, 2025 (AFP)
More than 300,000 residents were displaced and dozens killed when a dam outside the city burst in September 2024, the ageing structure suddenly ripped apart aft...
Burkina junta arrests European NGO workers for 'spying'; frees two activists press-ganged to fight jihadists
Oct 07, 2025 (AFP)
Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the eight were members of INSO, a Netherlands-based group specialising in humanitarian safety, and included a Frenchman, a...
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