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US Company to Work with Skybridge West Africa on $5 Billion Smart Cities Projects in Ghana
Aug 26, 2021 (SPX)
SWA has been awarded a $5B community development approval from the Ghanaian Ministry of Works and Housing to develop and build over 100,000 newly constructed ho...
Sixteen soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger
Aug 25, 2021 (AFP)
In the assault late on Tuesday "the positions of our defence and security forces in Baroua, in the Diffa region, were attacked by several hundred Boko Haram ele...
Angola denies illegally entering DR Congo waters
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
On August 10, army chief of staff General Celestin Mbala, alerted the government to an "incursion by the Angolan navy" into Congolese waters off the coast of Mo...
UN to withdraw Ethiopian peacekeepers on Sudan's request: Khartoum
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
"Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi held a virtual meeting with the UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa... in which they agreed to withdraw the Ethiopian cont...
Two officers killed in attack on Nigeria defence academy
Aug 24, 2021 (AFP)
The raid on the Nigerian Defence Academy, the country's main officer training school, is a major blow for a military already struggling with a jihadist insurgen...
Chad says pulling 600 soldiers from G5 Sahel force
Aug 21, 2021 (AFP)
"This is a strategic redeployment to better adapt to the organisation of the terrorists," spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah told AFP. Chad's 1,200-strong continge...
DR Congo region halts mines after tension with Chinese
Aug 21, 2021 (AFP)
The measure taken by Governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi concerns the territory of Mwenga, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) southwest of Bukavu, where many artisanal mi...
Civilians among dead in DRCongo army-rebel clashes
Aug 20, 2021 (AFP)
"At least nine civilians were killed overnight in Katanda territory," the Kivu Security Barometer reported in a tweet. "Searches are still under way," added the...
Madagascar renews MSF access to famine-hit south
Aug 20, 2021 (AFP)
Teams from Medecins Sans Frontieres had lost their special authorisation to continue travelling to the Indian Ocean island nation, shuttered since March 2020, w...
Burkina Faso once more in mourning after jihadist massacre
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
The national flag was lowered to half-mast for three days of mourning at the parliament, presidency and government in offices in the capital Ouagadougou, an AFP...
Algeria to review Morocco relations after 'hostile acts'
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
At least 90 people, including 33 soldiers, were killed in dozens of forest fires that broke out amid a blistering heatwave on August 9 across swathes of norther...
Fighting in DR Congo after 3 Chinese go missing
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
The military had announced the deployment on Monday in the vicinity of Djugu in Bunia province. Military spokesman Jules Ngongo said that three men working alon...
ECOWAS to finalize Niger deployment plans this week
Aug 17, 2021 (UPI)
Niger, a Western ally in the turbulent Sahel region, fell in a coup July 26. Since then, the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States intergovernment...
Three Chinese nationals missing from DR Congo mining zone
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
Lieutenant Gilles Ngongo said Congolese soldiers were searching the area. The three missing men, working in the gold sector where China is heavily invested, may...
Three soldiers killed in NE Mali explosion
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
A military vehicle "en route to the airport in Menaka hit an improvised explosive device this Sunday," the army said on Twitter. An unspecified number of soldie...
Three DR Congo soldiers killed in clash with armed groups
Aug 13, 2021 (AFP)
The troops had been searching for army deserters who were creating insecurity in the plateaus of Uvira and Fiz, in South Kivu province, Captain Dieudonne Kasere...
Study: Political violence, not climate change, to blame for rising hunger in Africa
Aug 12, 2021 (UPI)
In sub-Saharan Africa, where the problem is especially pronounced, many experts have traditionally blamed climate change and an increase in the frequency of ext...
Rape survivors describe slavery, mutilation in Tigray: Amnesty
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
Drawing from interviews with 63 survivors, the report sheds new light on a scourge already being investigated by Ethiopian law enforcement officials, with at le...
West African nations deploy standby force after Niger's junta fails to heed ultimatum
Aug 11, 2021 (UPI)
Though it is unclear what exactly this development means, it follows an ultimatum the Economic Community of West African States had made to Niger's government-u...
Ethiopia PM urges civilians to join armed forces as war escalates
Aug 10, 2021 (AFP)
"Now is the right time for all capable Ethiopians who are of age to join the Defense Forces, Special Forces and militias and show your patriotism," Abiy's offic...
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