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Russia ramps up ties with Sudan as Ukraine war rages
Mar 11, 2022 (AFP)
Khartoum has lost crucial Western support since army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military coup last October, a move that triggered broad condemnation and...
Security, command flaws allowed 2020 attack on base in Kenya: Pentagon
Mar 10, 2022 (AFP)
Multiple US military commanders, speaking after the release of an independent review on findings about the attack on Manda Bay airfield and the attached Camp Si...
Mauritania accuses Mali army of crimes against its citizens
Mar 08, 2022 (AFP)
Mali's ambassador Mohamed Dibassy had been called in to hear a "strong protest against the recent, recurring criminal acts", committed by the army following the...
Uganda's 'first son' retires from army, sparks presidency rumours
Mar 08, 2022 (AFP)
Although Kainerugaba has repeatedly denied claims he intends to succeed his 77-year-old father -- one of Africa's longest-serving leaders -- observers point to ...
More than 300 civilians killed in three months of Ethiopia airstrikes: UN
Mar 07, 2022 (AFP)
The rights and security situation in Ethiopia had "deteriorated significantly" since late November, Michelle Bachelet told the United Nations Human Rights Counc...
Mali armed groups criticise junta, call for clarity
Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) denounced the "bad faith" of the authorities and the "bellicose" public posture of some members of the army-dominated...
W.Africa bloc, UN 'concerned' about Guinea's democratic transition
Mar 03, 2022 (AFP)
The army deposed elected president Alpha Conde following months of brewing discontent. Coup leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya -- who was later declared interim pr...
Two Chinese miners kidnapped in Sahel now freed
Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)
"The two Chinese hostages were released in Burkina Faso in February," a Nigerien security source said, giving no further details. China's ambassador in Niamey, ...
Burkina Faso junta chief orders three-year transition before elections
Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)
"The duration of the transition is set at 36 months from the date of the inauguration of the president," according to the transition charter signed by Lieutenan...
China puts 'aggressive' terms on Uganda airport loan: researchers
Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)
Chinese state banks are the biggest source of infrastructure funding to Africa, and have been criticised for their predatory lending practices although details ...
Mothers and fathers protest to support Sudan's anti-coup youth
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
"We are demonstrating today to tell our sons and daughters that they are not alone," Faiza Hussein, one of the protesters, told AFP. She added that they are als...
Guinea-Bissau president sacks navy chief, army general
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
On February 1, heavily armed men attacked government buildings in the capital Bissau while President Umaro Sissoco Embalo was chairing a cabinet meeting. Embalo...
W.African envoy leaves Mali after inconclusive democracy talks
Feb 25, 2022 (AFP)
Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, representing the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), landed in Mali the previous day to m...
Burkina junta-created panel proposes 30-month transition
Feb 24, 2022 (AFP)
The commission "proposes a 30-month transition led" by junta leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, a military source told AFP. It also suggests ...
DR Congo wildlife guards kill two rebels after ambush
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
A joint patrol of guards and government troops came under attack on Monday between Mabenga and Kasali in the heart of the park, the Congolese Institute for the ...
Morocco creates new military zone along Algeria border
Feb 21, 2022 (AFP)
The establishment of the new zone redefines Morocco's military borders, introducing a new eastern military zone alongside the previously designated northern and...
US-led anti-jihadist military drills begin in I.Coast
Feb 20, 2022 (AFP)
Flintlock involves the armies of the United States, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon and Niger and is supported by France, Britain, Canada, Austria and the Netherla...
Stray Nigeria air strike kills seven children in Niger: governor
Feb 20, 2022 (AFP)
"There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade" on Friday, said Chaibou Abouba...
Nearly 60 rebel fighters 'neutralised' in Mali: army
Feb 19, 2022 (AFP)
Friday's fighting followed an air raid and erupted just a day after France and its allies announced their military withdrawal from the African country. The Mali...
Mali asks France to pull out troops 'without delay'
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
A Malian government spokesman added in a statement announced on public television that the results of France's nine-year military engagement in the conflict-tor...
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