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Jihadist-hit Niger urges crackdown on Libya arms traffic
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
"The partners' biggest failure has been their weak involvement in the fight against arms smuggling from Libya, which is the most important factor in the prevale...
Attack on DR Congo park ranger kills one, injures three
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
The attack at the Upemba park took place in the early hours of last Tuesday, according to the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN). It blam...
Uganda shores up DRC base to hunt down rebels blamed for Kampala attacks
Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)
Just before the entrance to Virunga Park in the east of the DRC, rows of army tents sprang up in the village of Mukakati. About 13 kilometres (eight miles) from...
Hunger stalks jihadist-battered Niger
Dec 03, 2021 (AFP)
The arid Sahel state is the world's poorest country according to the UN's Human Development Index. It faces bloody jihadist insurgencies on two of its borders. ...
The shifting fortunes of Ethiopia's massive army
Dec 02, 2021 (AFP)
Last week Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deployed to the conflict zone himself in a bid to boost morale, and the government has since claimed control of several town...
Two Benin soldiers killed in jihadist attack in north: military sources
Dec 02, 2021 (AFP)
Benin borders three countries battling a jihadist insurgency that has spread across the Sahel region and prompted calls for more cooperation to halt its expansi...
China pledges to support Africa without 'imposing its will'
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
Released at the close of a China-Africa summit in Senegal, a joint declaration committed to Chinese non-interference in African domestic affairs, and vice versa...
Uganda strikes at ADF rebels in DR Congo following suicide blasts
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
"As announced, targeted and concerted action with the Ugandan army started today with air strikes and artillery fire from Uganda against positions of the terror...
Senegalese FM urges Chinese involvement in Sahel
Nov 28, 2021 (AFP)
Addressing reporters in the capital Dakar after meeting her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Sall said she hoped China would be a "strong voice" in combatting terro...
DR Congo to allow Uganda to pursue rebels on its territory
Nov 28, 2021 (AFP)
"President [Felix] Tshisekedi has already raised the option of allowing Ugandan troops to enter Congolese territory to chase ADF terrorists together with" UN tr...
Israeli defence minister leaves Morocco after singing security deal
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
Before taking off, Gantz, the first Israeli defence minister to visit Morocco, said his trip had given a boost to "the security of the State of Israel and to it...
Two Chinese among four dead in DR Congo gold mine attack
Nov 25, 2021 (AFP)
Army spokesman Jules Ngongo said men from the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) group on Wednesday killed two Chinese nationals, a Congolese wom...
Burkina Faso assesses army failures after deadliest jihadist attack
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
On November 14, more than 300 fighters aboard pickups and motorcycles stormed a gendarmerie camp at Inata, according to military sources. The latest official fi...
Five killed in school in troubled anglophone Cameroon
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
A bilingual secondary school at Ekondo Titi in the Southwest Region was targeted for "murderous attacks by unidentified individuals", CRTV news channel said. Ro...
South Africa jails two Chinese for abalone poaching
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
Poachers have been stripping South Africa's coasts of the much sought-after sea snail, which is protected by strict fishing quotas. Investigators have been crac...
Ethiopia PM's vow to join war front spurs army recruitment
Nov 24, 2021 (AFP)
At least one prominent distance runner -- marathoner and Olympic silver medallist Feyisa Lelisa -- has joined thousands of ordinary Ethiopians keen to follow Ab...
Israeli defence minister heads to Morocco for 'historic' visit
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
The two-day trip comes less than a year after Morocco normalised ties with Israel in a deal brokered by former US president Donald Trump's administration. In re...
Deadly air strikes on bandit camps in NW Nigeria: officials
Nov 21, 2021 (AFP)
Nigerian military jets on Saturday bombed two camps in Isa district controlled by two gangs that have carried out deadly attacks on remote villages in recent we...
French army moves convoy after protests in Burkina Faso
Nov 21, 2021 (AFP)
Local sources said French soldiers had shot and wounded four protesters in Kaya on Saturday -- a claim the army has rejected. The army logistics convoy, which h...
Gunmen kidnap five Chinese mine workers in DR Congo
Nov 21, 2021 (AFP)
Regional army spokesman Major Dieudonne Kasereka said that "at around 2 am, the camp of the Chinese group was attacked by armed bandits" in the village of Muker...
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