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French foreign, defence ministers in Niger as Mali pullout nears
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu arrived in the Nigerien capital late Thursday. They held talks on Friday with Foreign ...
Togo army behind blast that killed 7
Jul 14, 2022 (AFP)
The explosion happened Saturday in the northern Tone prefecture near the border with Burkina Faso, where militants linked to the Islamic State group and Al-Qaed...
Ethiopia holds first meeting of peace committee
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
The seven-member committee, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen, "has started work", Redwan Hussein said on Twitter after Tuesd...
One dead in attack on Chinese-owned firm in DR Congo
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
Details of the attack remain sketchy, but local civil-society representative Hilaire Isombya said assailants targeted two employees of Chinese company Oriental ...
Burkina Faso's Damiba calls for 'unity' against jihadists
Jul 08, 2022 (AFP)
Damiba, who took power in a coup in January, made his appeal after inviting former leaders to attend a summit to "accelerate national reconciliation" and attemp...
Ethiopia's PM Abiy denies negligence following massacres
Jul 07, 2022 (AFP)
Hundreds of people -- mostly ethnic Amhara-- were killed in recent weeks in two separate attacks in western Oromia, the country's most populous region, and one ...
Suspected jihadists raid Nigeria prison, free hundreds
Jul 06, 2022 (AFP)
Tuesday night's brazen attack on the outskirts of Abuja came hours after an ambush on a presidential security convoy in the northwest, in a fresh illustration o...
French force in Sahel leaves Mali in vast operation
Jul 05, 2022 (AFP)
After nine years fighting jihadists in Mali, France is pulling its troops out of the country after falling out with its military junta, and reducing its presenc...
Niger says bloody jihadist attack crushed
Jul 04, 2022 (AFP)
Boko Haram forces aboard vehicles and motorcycles attacked National Guards at the Garin Dogo outpost on Sunday, according to the interior ministry. The raid lef...
DR Congo politicians urge stricter weapons monitoring; Ugandan private kills two in DRC east
Jul 04, 2022 (AFP)
The DRC has been subject to a United Nations arms embargo since 2000, originally imposed over widespread violence in the central African nation. In 2008, the Se...
Spain, Mali FMs speak after row over NATO remarks
Jul 02, 2022 (AFP)
Diop wrote in a tweet that he had spoken by phone with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares about the comments, which were made in a radio interview. "He...
EU's Takuba anti-terror force quits junta-controlled Mali
Jul 01, 2022 (AFP)
Takuba, operating with France's Barkhane mission, was set up after President Emmanuel Macron sought more help from European allies for the anti-terror campaign ...
US warns of jihadists and Russian forces as Africa war games end
Jul 01, 2022 (AFP)
"We are seeing the rise of violent extremism in Western Africa, predominantly in the Sahel region," said General Stephen J. Townsend, commander of the US Africa...
Six soldiers killed in jihadist attack in southeast Niger
Jul 01, 2022 (AFP)
The ministry statement read on public radio also mentioned "17 dead on the enemy side" and said "arms and ammunition were recovered by the armed forces combing ...
Gunmen attack Nigeria mine, kidnap four Chinese workers
Jun 30, 2022 (AFP)
Kidnapping for ransom has become a major problem in northwest and central Nigeria, where heavily-armed criminal gangs known as bandits target communities, schoo...
Kenyan pilot project to put price on nature's treasure
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
The census unfolding in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro is part of a project with a dual aim -- using biodiversity to make money, which will then help to preser...
Niger's president hails progress against jihadists
Jun 26, 2022 (AFP)
Mohamed Bazoum was speaking during a visit to the southeast of the country, near the border with Nigeria. "We are winning this war... we have very little effort...
World Bank to provide war-torn Ethiopia with $715 mn
Jun 24, 2022 (AFP)
Several international partners have suspended aid since the outbreak of conflict between the federal government and rebels in the Tigray region in November 2020...
Former Liberian army commander indicted in the US
Jun 24, 2022 (AFP)
The US Attorney's Office on Thursday said 69-year-old Moses Slanger Wright, a former commanding general of the Armed Forces of Liberia who has been residing in ...
Mali strongman adopts electoral law, key to civilian rule
Jun 24, 2022 (AFP)
The text, which leaves the door open to junta members seeking election, was adopted on June 17 by the National Transitional Council, the legislative body set up...
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