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Guinea-Bissau launches major probe into foiled coup
Feb 02, 2022 (AFP)
Heavily armed men on Tuesday afternoon surrounded government buildings in the capital Bissau where Embalo and his prime minister were believed to be attending a...
Five dead in gold mine collapse in storm-hit Mozambique
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
The accident in Sussundenga district, around 170 kilometres (105 miles) west of the provincial capital Beira, occurred on Monday at a mine owned by a group of s...
Rebels kill 4 Senegalese soldiers, hold 7 hostage in The Gambia
Feb 01, 2022 (AFP)
Three soldiers died in the fighting on January 24 between the Senegalese army and rebels from the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), it said lat...
Burkina Faso: from popular uprising to military coup
Jan 28, 2022 (AFP)
- 2014: Fall of Compaore - Blaise Compaore seizes power in a 1987 coup and cements his position four years later with the first of four election victories. But ...
France to 'adapt' Mali mission as ties with junta fray
Jan 28, 2022 (AFP)
"Given this situation, the breaking of the political framework and the military framework (in Mali), we cannot stay with things the way they are," Le Drian told...
Earth from Space: Lesotho
Jan 28, 2022 (ESA)
Around 80% of the country's population lives in rural areas and more than three quarters of these people are engaged in agriculture - mostly traditional, rainfe...
Mali junta urges French defence minister to keep silent
Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)
In an interview broadcast on state TV on Wednesday night, junta spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga also accused France of "colonial reflexes" and of using region...
Ousted Burkina president held by army 'well', says party source
Jan 26, 2022 (AFP)
The West African bloc ECOWAS has lashed out at the "military coup" -- the third in one of its 15 nations in less than 18 months -- and said it will meet virtual...
Uganda replaces military intelligence chief hit by US sanctions
Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)
Major General Abel Kandiho, who has been the commander of the feared Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence since January 2017, has faced accusations of abuses in...
Nine Senegalese soldiers 'missing' in The Gambia
Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)
The soldiers are "probably being held hostage" by rebels from Senegal's southern Casamance region, it added. The announcement comes after Senegal's army said Mo...
Burkina junta faces worldwide criticism but wins popular support
Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)
Army officers in the notoriously volatile West African state detained President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday amid deepening anger over his handling of a...
Two Senagalese soldiers killed in The Gambia: Senegal army
Jan 25, 2022 (AFP)
The troops, part of a peacekeeping force deployed by the West African bloc ECOWAS, came under fire from rebels, according to the Senegal spokesperson. The attac...
Burkina Faso coup adds to regional trend
Jan 24, 2022 (AFP)
The Sahel state's army announced a takeover, ousting President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who was first elected in 2015 but faced rising anger over his inabili...
Kabore, Burkina's consensus-builder and onetime beacon of hope
Jan 24, 2022 (AFP)
The impoverished Sahel state of 21 million people placed its hopes in the affable consensus-building Kabore when voters first elected him in 2015, a year after ...
Burkina president 'survives assassination attempt'
Jan 24, 2022 (AFP)
The European Union issued a statement calling for the "immediate" release of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. Soldiers rose up at several army bases across...
Sudan deputy leader meets Ethiopia defence minister on rare visit
Jan 22, 2022 (AFP)
Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, widely known as Hemeti, who is number two in Sudan's ruling council, will be in Ethiopia for two days to meet "several Ethiopian officials...
US army confirms Russian mercenaries in Mali
Jan 21, 2022 (AFP)
"Wagner is in Mali," General Stephen Townsend, the head of US Africa Command, said in an interview with Voice of America, "They are there, we think, numbering s...
Danish soldiers deploy to troubled Mali
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
The contingent, whose deployment was announced in April, is stationed in Menaka in eastern Mali. Its mandate runs until early 2023. "The aim is to stabilise Mal...
Congo army says it repelled rebel raid on eastern city
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
Two officers and a soldier were killed and one was wounded, while two civilians were injured by stray rounds, regional military spokesman Major Dieudonne Kasere...
Senegalese customs seize $5m worth of ammunition
Jan 18, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement seen by AFP on Tuesday, Senegal's customs agency said it had searched a ship named the Eolika that stopped to refuel, after it had made "inconsis...
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