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Princess calls for Belgium to 'apologise' for colonial past
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
Her comments, made in an interview with AFP this week, come as the royal palace announced that King Philippe will visit the DR Congo, a former Belgian colony, n...
DR Congo leader warns army officers to remain 'apolitical'
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
Tshisekedi's warning comes after the arrest of his security adviser earlier this month fuelled speculation of division within the government or even suggestions...
Mali facing uncertain future as France mulls withdrawal
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
A brutal Islamist insurgency first emerged in Mali in 2012 before spreading to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger. It has left swathes of the vast country outs...
Macron expected to announce Mali withdrawal
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
Several security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Macron's announcement to end the nine-year French mission in Mali will coincide with...
Mali orders graft probe into social housing scandal
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
A list naming beneficiaries of social-housing units in Mali's capital Bamako has circulated on social media in recent weeks, provoking outrage in the impoverish...
Seven Senegalese soldiers freed in The Gambia
Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)
The soldiers were taken across the border to an area near the Gambian village of Bajagar and delivered to officials from the Gambian government and the West Afr...
Two Malian soldiers killed in jihadist attack
Feb 13, 2022 (AFP)
An "armed terrorist group" attacked the Niafunke post in the early hours, the army said, using a term commonly used to refer to jihadists. "The toll is two dead...
Rebels promise to free seven Senegalese soldiers
Feb 12, 2022 (AFP)
The seven soldiers are members of the West African mission in Gambia (Ecomig). They will be handed over Monday in The Gambia to the representative of the Commun...
France says air strikes kill 40 in Burkina linked to Benin attacks
Feb 12, 2022 (AFP)
The French-led Barhane force in the Sahel region "engaged its air intelligence capacities to locate the armed group" responsible for the attacks, before on Thur...
Guinea-Bissau leader accuses convicted drug baron over failed coup
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
Heavily armed men attacked government buildings in the capital Bissau while Embalo was chairing a cabinet meeting. Embalo, 49, later told reporters that he had ...
EU chief unveils 150-bn-euro investment plan for Africa
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
The scheme is the first regional plan of the European Union's Global Gateway -- an investment blueprint that seeks to mobilise up to 300 billion euros ($340 bil...
UN court orders Uganda to pay DR Congo $325 mn war damages
Feb 09, 2022 (AFP)
The ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) comes as a blow to DR Congo after it sought a massive $11 billion in reparations over the devastating con...
Burkina army chief vows 'new impetus' in jihadist fight
Feb 09, 2022 (AFP)
At a ceremony to mark his appointment, Colonel David Kabre said he was appealing to all units "to commit to a new undertaking with me -- to give a new impetus i...
Livelihoods lost as climate disaster woes mount in Kenya
Feb 07, 2022 (AFP)
Surrounded by barren scrubland littered with withered carcasses of sheep and goats, the 56-year-old pastoralist is struggling to keep his beloved animals, and h...
Guinea interim assembly holds first post-coup session
Feb 06, 2022 (AFP)
All 81 members of the national transitional council, known by its French acronym CNT, were present for the inaugural session in parliament buildings in the capi...
Mali publishes bill to shore up junta leader's powers
Feb 05, 2022 (AFP)
The text, adopted by a cabinet meeting late Friday, provides for the "abolishment of the post of vice-president (of the transition government) to avoid mission ...
Diplomats in Burkina vow to help 'restore security'
Feb 04, 2022 (AFP)
The junta's leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has in the past week been in talks with international organisations and donors after ousting president Roch Marc C...
W.African peacekeepers to deploy in Guinea-Bissau after coup bid
Feb 04, 2022 (AFP)
After a summit on Thursday evening, the 15-nation bloc "firmly condemned the coup attempt" in the country of two million people. It added that a "stabilising su...
Private military contractors bolster Russian influence in Africa
Feb 03, 2022 (AFP)
Most recently, Western nations have condemned the alleged arrival of Russian mercenaries in Mali's capital Bamako, a claim denied by the junta that seized power...
Guinea-Bissau president urges 'return to duties' after putsch attempt
Feb 03, 2022 (AFP)
On Tuesday, heavily armed men attacked government buildings in the capital Bissau where Embalo was believed to be attending a cabinet meeting. Embalo, 49, later...
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