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New Ethiopia air strike on Tigray capital
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
The raids mark a sharp escalation in the near year-long conflict in northern Ethiopia pitting government forces and their allies against the TPLF, Tigray's once...
Ethiopia launches new air strikes in Tigray
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
The raids mark a sharp escalation in the brutal year-long conflict pitting government forces and their allies against the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the ...
Climate change threatens more than 100 mn people in Africa: UN
Oct 19, 2021 (AFP)
In a report ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, the UN highlighted Africa's "disproportionate vulnerability" last year from food insecurity, poverty a...
'Deadly' air strikes hit capital of Ethiopia's Tigray
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
The government initially dismissed reports about the bombardments on Mekele as an "absolute lie" but state media later confirmed the air force had struck Tigray...
Energy-stricken S.Africa weighs need to save climate and keep lights on
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
But those glittering 21st-century panels mask South Africa's dependence on a dirty 19th-century energy source: coal. Like many developing countries, South Afric...
Niger opens first military school in Niamey
Oct 15, 2021 (AFP)
"We have set in place with this school the final link in the chain for training our military," President Mohamed Bazoum said at the opening ceremony. The facili...
Ranger shot dead in Congo nature reserve
Oct 15, 2021 (AFP)
The sanctuary issued a statement saying 31-year-old Bizimana Karabaranga Emery, a father of two, died in the Chanika area of North Kivu province. "Our colleague...
Regional troops to stay in Mozambique indefinitely
Oct 14, 2021 (AFP)
"Terrorism is still a major threat in Mozambique," said Mpho Molomo, head of the Southern African Development Community's mission in Mozambique. Last week, SADC...
Southern Africa considers extending Mozambique military mission
Oct 05, 2021 (AFP)
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) deployed a three-month mission from July 15, part of a deal reached in June by the 16-nation bloc. "The summit...
Suspected jihadists kill 14 soldiers in Burkina Faso
Oct 04, 2021 (AFP)
"The military detachment of Yirgou" in the Centre-Nord region's Barsalogho department was "the target of a terrorist attack" around 0500 GMT on Monday, junior d...
Algeria escalates France dispute with flight ban
Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)
France's jets regularly fly over the former French colony to reach the Sahel region of western Africa, where its soldiers are helping to battle jihadist insurge...
UN peacekeeper killed in north Mali IED attack
Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)
Confirming the toll, a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attacks, which happened near Tessalit, close to th...
Peacekeeper killed in blast in Mali's troubled north: UN
Oct 02, 2021 (AFP)
"One dead and three seriously injured after one of our teams hit an improvised explosive device near Tessalit", close to the Algerian border, the UN peacekeepin...
Taking delivery of copters, Mali lauds Russia partnership
Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)
Camara enthusiastically welcomed "the reliability and serious nature of this partnership -- which has always given us satisfaction". The development of the hard...
Malawi army escorts fuel amid trucker strike
Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)
By Thursday morning, most gas stations in the country's capital Lilongwe had run out of fuel, sending motorists into a panic. Malawi imports its fuel from ports...
Nigeria military responds to civilian air strike casualty claims
Sep 30, 2021 (AFP)
The fishermen were killed in the bombardment on Sunday on Daban Masara in Lake Chad, which straddles Nigeria and neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, accordin...
Surge of killings in eastern DR Congo, says UN
Sep 29, 2021 (AFP)
In a press conference in Kinshasa, the UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO said 739 cases of breach of human rights were recorded in August, compared to 492 the pre...
Algerian army chief accuses Morocco of 'conspiracies'
Sep 28, 2021 (AFP)
"This expansionist regime has gone too far in its conspiracies and subversive propaganda campaigns, which aim to reduce Algeria's regional role, exhaust its cap...
Nigeria suspects jihadists attacked northwest base
Sep 27, 2021 (AFP)
The Islamic State West Africa Province group is active in the northeast since 2016, a thousand miles away from the northwest, known for attacks by criminal gang...
US military commander for Africa visits Algeria
Sep 27, 2021 (AFP)
"The US appreciates the important role Algeria plays in promoting peace, security and prosperity in the region and beyond, and we hope to continue building on o...
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