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Nigeria probes crash of military aircraft that killed two
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
At least four Nigerian military aircraft have been involved in deadly crashes since last year, including one that killed the nation's army chief and 10 other so...
Russian military 'advisor' in Mali killed by road bomb
Apr 20, 2022 (AFP)
A Malian army unit accompanied by a "Russian advisor" struck an improvised explosive device near the town of Hombori on Tuesday morning, according to a military...
'Drunk' Congo soldiers run amok killing 15: officials
Apr 18, 2022 (AFP)
One "inebriated" soldier killed eight passengers and wounded seven on Monday aboard a boat on Lake Tanganyika, South-Kivu province's Fizi territory administrato...
Mali takes delivery of two more Russian combat helicopters
Apr 18, 2022 (AFP)
Photographs of the equipment being unloaded from a Russian cargo flight at Bamako international airport were posted on the official Twitter account of Mali's pr...
Mali says 'dozen terrorists' killed in air strikes
Apr 17, 2022 (AFP)
The armed forces carried out two strikes on Thursday "to neutralise a dozen terrorists in the forest of Ganguel" about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the villag...
Niger MPs to tackle foreign troop presence
Apr 15, 2022 (AFP)
The foreign troops, who work with the national military, are often perceived as "occupying forces" by local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the governmen...
Prayers but no peace talks: Chad rivals bide time in Qatar
Apr 14, 2022 (AFP)
With more than 250 opposition and government officials staying in two luxury hotels, the Gulf state is picking up a mounting bill for its mediation in the Centr...
Seven police officers, 4 soldiers die in Niger attacks
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
Niger's interior ministry said "unidentified armed bandits" attacked the Petelkole police station near Burkina Faso in western Niger and a military base in Djad...
4,800 people displaced after attacks in central Nigeria
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
Heavily armed criminals known locally as bandits who are increasingly active across central and northwestern states were suspected of being behind the attacks. ...
German FM urges end to Mali's cooperation with Russia
Apr 13, 2022 (AFP)
At a news conference in the capital Bamako, Baerbock said she feared "massive war crimes" were being committed against Malian civilians, which she suggested fol...
Mali helicopter fired 'close to' UK peacekeepers: London, UN source
Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)
The incident was the first of its kind between Mali, newly backed by Russian forces, and UN peacekeepers, a UN source told AFP on condition of anonymity. "We ar...
South Sudan takes key step towards unifying armed forces
Apr 12, 2022 (AFP)
The world's newest nation has struggled to draw a line under a five-year civil war between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his rival, Vice President Ri...
EU halting military training in Mali but staying in Sahel
Apr 11, 2022 (AFP)
"We are halting the training missions for the (Malian) armed forces and national guard," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a media conference, but adde...
Baerbock to visit Mali as Germany weighs pulling troops
Apr 11, 2022 (AFP)
Baerbock will meet junta leader Assimi Goita and Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, the spokesman said. She will then continue to Niger for talks with President M...
In Mali, German minister speaks of 'atrocities' after Moura operation
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
Mali's military-dominated government says it "neutralised" 203 jihadists in Moura, but witnesses interviewed by media and Human Rights Watch (HRW) say soldiers ...
Russia blocks UN call for Mali inquiry; As German minister speaks of 'atrocities'
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
Mali's army announced on April 1 that it had killed 203 "militants" in Moura, in central Mali, during an operation in late March. However, that announcement fol...
Ramaphosa, Biden talk after S.Africa abstains on UN Russia vote
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
Ramaphosa, whose government has been criticised for refusing to condemn Moscow's bloody invasion of its neighbour, had a day earlier blasted the UN Security Cou...
Guinea junta chiefs warns mining giants over inequality
Apr 09, 2022 (AFP)
Doumbouya has given the companies until the end of May to submit proposals and a timetable for the construction of bauxite refineries, according to a video post...
France casts doubt on Mali account of Moura operation; Moscow hails 'victory'
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
"The authorities in Bamako announce 200 terrorists killed, without civilian casualties. I have a hard time believing, I have a hard time understanding, I have a...
UN demands urgent access to site of alleged Mali massacre
Apr 08, 2022 (AFP)
The UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, MINUSMA, was able to fly over the site on April 3. But its envoy for the Sahel nation, El-Ghassim Wane, told the Security...
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