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Rwanda accuses UN of 'taking sides' in DR Congo conflict
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
Recurring tensions between the DRC and Rwanda flared anew last month amid violent clashes near the joint border, which have accused each other of supporting arm...
Togo declares state of emergency in north after attack
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
Eight Togolese were killed in May in a northern town near the border with Burkina Faso, in an attack claimed by Mali-based Al-Qaeda militants. Jihadist groups i...
French army quits Mali base ahead of total pullout
Jun 13, 2022 (AFP)
The UN emissary there warned that the French withdrawal could leave Menaka, where they were based, vulnerable to jihadist attack. The departure from the base "w...
At least six killed in Burkina suspected jihadist attacks
Jun 12, 2022 (AFP)
Several hundred people took to the streets of Burkina over the weekend to protest the wave of jihadist attacks engulfing the poor West African nation. "A terror...
Five Chinese kidnapped from DR Congo gold mine freed
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
The five were freed on Monday, Aime Kawaya Mutipula, administrator of Fizi territory in South Kivu province, told AFP, adding: "They've been released, that's th...
Two Malian soldiers killed in attack near Timbuktu
Jun 08, 2022 (AFP)
"We lost two soldiers this morning on the road to Taoudeni," Timbuktu governor Bakoun Kante told AFP. "There are five wounded who are at the regional hospital i...
Guinea army officer key to 2021 coup arrested
Jun 08, 2022 (AFP)
Commander Aly Camara was previously detained in November on suspicion of stealing from the presidential palace after the September 2021 putsch that toppled ex-l...
East Africa army chiefs discuss regional force for east DR Congo
Jun 07, 2022 (AFP)
Meeting in east DRC's commercial hub of Goma, the heads of the militaries of the East African Community stated that they had discussed the "initial modalities" ...
Two soldiers killed, nine injured in Mali ambush: army
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
Forces had "reacted to a complex ambush" on the road between Gossi town and the city of Gao on Thursday, the army said in a statement released in the night to F...
Four killed as Kenyan police fire on protesting crowd
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
Police shot at the demonstrators in the Rift Valley town of Masimba, 170 kilometres (105 miles) south of Nairobi, said Joseph Ole Lenku, governor of Kajiado cou...
Morocco economic rebound threatened by drought, Ukraine war
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
The North African kingdom had bounced back last year after a sharp recession in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the government of gas tycoon Aziz Akha...
Burkina army kills jihadist chief, say security sources
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
Tidiane Djibrilou Dicko "was neutralised with around 10 other terrorists in an airstrike on May 26", a source close to military headquarters told AFP, confirmin...
'Exponential rise' in abuses linked to Mali army: UN report
May 30, 2022 (AFP)
While jihadists remain the biggest source of violence against civilians, there was an "exponential rise" in fatalities and other abuses linked to the armed forc...
DR Congo army confirms two Rwandan soldiers detained
May 29, 2022 (AFP)
On Saturday, Rwanda alleged the two soldiers had been abducted by a Hutu rebel group active in the eastern DRC. But the DRC army said the soldiers had been tres...
One killed in Sudan anti-coup protests: medics
May 28, 2022 (AFP)
The killed protester, yet to be identified, died after "taking a bullet to the chest" during rallies in the capital Khartoum, the pro-democracy Central Committe...
Chinese loans to Africa could spark crisis, warns Germany
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
"There is a really serious danger that the next major debt crisis in the global south will stem from loans that China has granted worldwide and doesn't have a f...
Senior DR Congo soldiers sentenced to die for selling arms to militia
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
The trial opened in conflict-torn Ituri province last month with the group facing charges of supplying rifles and ammunition to the notorious CODECO group, whic...
Rebels kill 50 civilians in Burkina Faso: governor
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
The civilians from Madjoari died on Wednesday trying to flee a jihadist blockade, said Colonel Hubert Yameogo in a statement, adding that the toll was provision...
Niger violence sparks new wave of displacement: UN
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
"Forced displacement has intensified over the first five months of 2022 because of escalating violence by non-state actors who attack civilians and security for...
Concerns raised about Alpha Conde flight risk
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) is also concerned about the ruling junta's "interference" in ongoing legal proceedings against Con...
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