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Tigray rebels agree 'cessation of hostilities'
Mar 25, 2022 (AFP)
The rebels said in a statement sent to AFP they were "committed to implementing a cessation of hostilities effective immediately," and urged Ethiopian authoriti...
Israel sends first official military delegation to Morocco
Mar 25, 2022 (AFP)
"A meeting took place at General Staff headquarters to develop cooperation between the two countries," a Moroccan Royal Armed Forces source told AFP. During the...
West African court orders suspension of Mali sanctions
Mar 24, 2022 (AFP)
The court of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) issued the ruling on the eve of a regional summit on Mali, which is under pressure to restore ...
Senegal soldier killed in operation against Casamance rebels: army
Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)
On March 13, the army announced that it had launched an operation in the Casamance region of the West African state, aiming to dismantle bases of Salif Sadio's ...
Burkina attacks kill 24 troops
Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)
The soldiers were killed Sunday in the sixth and seventh attacks of their kind in the landlocked West African nation in under two weeks. An armed forces communi...
Mali attacks leave 16 soldiers dead
Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)
The statement lifted the casualty toll of four soldiers dead and 17 injured in separate attacks Monday in the northeast and centre of the conflict-torn country....
Guinea strongman launches national talks despite boycotts
Mar 22, 2022 (AFP)
Ex-special forces commander Doumbouya seized power in the West African state in a military coup in September, deposing the elected government after months of br...
Attacks in Burkina kill 18 troops
Mar 21, 2022 (AFP)
They were the sixth and seventh attacks of their kind in the landlocked West African nation in under two weeks. "A military unit carrying out a security operati...
Jihadist ambush in Burkina leaves 13 troops dead
Mar 21, 2022 (AFP)
It was the sixth attack of its kind in the landlocked West African nation in under two weeks. "A military unit carrying out a security operation in the eastern ...
Tanzania Maasai torn over possible eviction from Ngorongoro reserve
Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)
Since 1959, the number of humans living in the World Heritage Site has shot up from 8,000 to more than 100,000 last year. The livestock population has grown eve...
Guinea rights groups demand renconciliation process
Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)
Coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya -- who was sworn in as president in the West African state last October -- has promised to restore civilian rule after a tr...
Experts in Mali to investigate Mauritanian civilian disappearances
Mar 17, 2022 (AFP)
Two series of disappearances have been reported, in January and early March, and have raised tensions at a time when internationally isolated Mali is trying to ...
Malian junta orders French broadcasters RFI, France 24 off air
Mar 17, 2022 (AFP)
The government in Bamako "categorically rejects these false accusations against the courageous FAMA (Malian Armed Forces)," spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga sa...
Algeria's 60 years of complex relations with former occupier France
Mar 16, 2022 (AFP)
Yet experts say the two sides had surprisingly good relations for four decades, and it was only in the 1990s that things started to fall apart. "Generally, desp...
Catholic group urges Senegal to end anti-rebel operation
Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)
On Sunday, the army announced that it had launched an operation in the southern region of Casamance, aiming to dismantle bases of Salif Sadio's rebel MFDC facti...
UN extends S. Sudan peacekeeping mission for one year
Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)
The Council's 13 other members all voted in favor of the resolution, which extends the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until March 15, 2023 at its current le...
HRW slams surge in killings of civilians in Mali
Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)
A report due to be published Wednesday said at least 107 civilians -- including traders, village chiefs and children -- had been killed recently in the centre a...
Senegal launches operation against Casamance rebels
Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)
"In the framework of their mission to secure people and goods, the army on Sunday March 13, 2022, launched an operation with the main objective of dismantling t...
Dispute quickly hampers start of Chad peace talks
Mar 13, 2022 (AFP)
But after opening speeches, in which the country's prime minister and the head of the African Union Commission called for concessions, the talks were suspended ...
Chad peace talks start in Qatar
Mar 13, 2022 (AFP)
The landlocked African nation was thrown into turmoil by the killing of longtime leader Idriss Deby Itno in battle with rebels in the country's north last April...
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