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Jihadists kill 30 in northeast Nigeria: sources
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) seized the men in Mudu village in the Dikwa area on Saturday, they said. News of the incident emerg...
Niger hails military ties with Germany on Scholz visit
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
"I would like to congratulate you on the work we have done together, which will now be a model which we can point to for all our other partners," Bazoum said. T...
Five soldiers, 30 'terrorists' killed in Burkina Faso clash
May 21, 2022 (AFP)
Troops in Bourzanga, a town in the northern region which has been bearing the brunt of a jihadist revolt, "vigorously retaliated against an attack on its base o...
11 soldiers, 15 gunmen dead in Burkina Faso attacks: army
May 20, 2022 (AFP)
On Thursday, security and local sources gave a provisional toll of seven soldiers killed in an assault on a military unit, while a separate attack on a bus left...
Libya capital rocked by battle as rival PM vies for power
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
Supporters of a government endorsed by Libya's parliament and by an eastern-based military strongman had tried to move into the western city of Tripoli by force...
Biden reestablishes US troop presence inside Somalia
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
The move reverses an order from Biden's predecessor Donald Trump, who in late 2020 pulled nearly all US forces from the East African nation as he sought to wind...
Uganda troops to withdraw from DRC by May 31: army
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
Kinshasa however responded it was "too soon" for any such decision on a pullout. Uganda joined Congolese forces on November 30 in a fight against the Allied Dem...
Zimbabwe seeks EU backing to sell $600-mln worth of ivory
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
International trade in ivory has been banned since 1989 under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Zimba...
Jihadists, drought and distrust: the crises facing Somalia's new president
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
- Mending fences - The Horn of Africa country was supposed to choose a new leader in February 2021 but missed the deadline as Somalia's political leaders squabb...
Mali junta says it thwarted coup attempt
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
The statement read out on state television said a "small group of anti-progressive Malian officers and non-commissioned officers attempted a coup in the night o...
Algerian ex-army chief's ally sentenced to death for 'treason'
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
Guermit Bounouira, who was known to be close to late army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah, appeared Thursday in front of an appeals court where he was found guilty of a ...
DR Congo leader criticises army failure to quell eastern militia
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
Addressing an army seminar in the capital Kinshasa on Thursday, President Felix Tshisekedi said the scale of insecurity in the eastern province of Ituri was inc...
Burkina army says killed over 50 'terrorists'
May 10, 2022 (AFP)
A rapid reaction force responding to an ambush Monday near Barakuy in the northwestern region of Boucle du Mouhoun "routed the assailants, killing at least 40 t...
Ambushes leave 12 dead in Burkina Faso: local, security sources
May 08, 2022 (AFP)
"Yesterday (Saturday) morning, a food convoy escorted by volunteers for the defence of the fatherland (VDP) was the target of an ambush on the Dori-Gorgadji roa...
UN experts favour keeping South Sudan arms embargo
May 07, 2022 (AFP)
The embargo had been due to expire at the end of the month and the UN Security Council is due to discuss the matter on May 26. The Panel of Experts on South Sud...
Ambushes leave 11 dead in Burkina Faso: army
May 06, 2022 (AFP)
The first attack near the town of Solle on Thursday led to the deaths of two soldiers and four civilian volunteers helping the army while five paramilitary troo...
West Africa defence chiefs meet over rising insecurity
May 05, 2022 (AFP)
Among the 15 members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc are Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger -- deeply impoverished nations struggling w...
Al-Shabaab claims deadly attack on AU base in Somalia
May 03, 2022 (AFP)
The Somali government and the African Union condemned the "terrorist" attack although they did not disclose how many people had died. A high-ranking Burundian m...
France says Mali exit from defence accords 'unjustified'
May 03, 2022 (AFP)
Paris "considers that this decision is unjustified and absolutely contests any violation of the bilateral legal framework", the spokesman told reporters. After ...
Mali's junta breaks off from defence accords with France
May 02, 2022 (AFP)
The announcement -- threatened several times over the past few weeks -- was the latest confirmation of deteriorating relations between the junta in Mali and Fra...
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