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How millennia of history vanished in Sudan's war
Sep 01, 2025 (AFP)
Since the museum was looted in the early days of Sudan's war between the army and paramilitaries in April 2023, thousands of priceless antiquities, many dating ...
Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for rights; Farmers and NGOs unite to save last forests of the Comoros
Aug 29, 2025 (AFP)
Ngusilo belongs to the Ogiek group, which is among the last hunter-gatherer communities in Africa and one of the most marginalised in Kenya. He described how th...
Jihadists take control of strategic Mali town
Aug 28, 2025 (AFP)
With the Sahel country struggling in the face of renewed jihadist violence, the capture of Farabougou is a symbolic development. One of the first measures taken...
Rwanda, Mozambique sign 'peace and security' agreement
Aug 27, 2025 (AFP)
Rwanda and Mozambique have signed a "peace and security" agreement during a visit by the southern African leader to Kigali on Wednesday, as their forces battle ...
US bids to trump China in DR Congo mining rush
Aug 26, 2025 (AFP)
The United States wants to secure its supply of strategic minerals in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, hoping to challenge China's near-monopoly on t...
'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic
Aug 25, 2025 (AFP)
Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of...
Malians Flee Jihadist Attack, Guinea Suspends Parties, Burundi Arrests General
Aug 23, 2025 (AFP)
Soldiers also evacuated the town's military installation, which was attacked by jihadists on Tuesday, the sources said. For more than a decade, Mali has faced v...
What we know about Boko Haram leader Niger claims to have killed
Aug 22, 2025 (AFP)
Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, prompting caution from experts and a den...
Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rights
Aug 22, 2025 (AFP)
Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hun...
Japan hosts African leaders for development conference
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
Japan hosted African leaders on Wednesday for a three-day development conference, offering itself as an alternative to China as the continent reels from a debt ...
Jihadists attack two military positions in Mali
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
The attacks, which took place Tuesday, were claimed by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists from the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, known by its Arabic acrony...
WFP aid convoy attacked in Sudan's Darfur
Aug 20, 2025 (AFP)
Three of the 16 trucks in the convoy -- which was carrying life-saving food assistance for vulnerable communities in Alsayah village -- were damaged and caught ...
France discussing 'unjustified' arrest of citizen in Mali
Aug 16, 2025 (AFP)
France's foreign ministry said Saturday that it was in talks with Mali over the arrest of a Frenchman accused of working with intelligence services to "destabil...
Ivory Coast village reburies relatives as rising sea engulfs cemetery
Aug 15, 2025 (AFP)
Fisherman Alphonse Akadie was forced to exhume the bodies of his relatives last year from the village cemetery in Ivory Coast to avoid their remains being carri...
Niger magistrates call strike after junta dissolved unions
Aug 15, 2025 (AFP)
The junta, which seized power in the west African country in a July 2023 coup, last week dissolved five judicial unions, saying that they "are not working for t...
Russia hosts first military meeting with Sahel juntas; Mali junta accuses foreign powers of destabilisation plot
Aug 14, 2025 (AFP)
Facing isolation in the West following its full-scale offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has tried to build new partnerships in Africa, where it has been growing its ...
Mali junta accuses foreign powers of destabilisation plot
Aug 14, 2025 (AFP)
The ruling junta, which came to power after back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, also said that dozens of soldiers had been detained in recent days for allegedl...
Malian army roots out alleged anti-junta plotters
Aug 11, 2025 (AFP)
The west African nation's junta, which itself came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, has made 55 arrests, mainly among the National Guard, the mi...
Malnutrition in Sudan's El-Fasher kills 63 in a week: health official
Aug 10, 2025 (AFP)
The official from North Darfur's health ministry, who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the death toll only included those who managed to reach hospi...
UAE rejects Sudan claim it destroyed Emirati plane full of mercenaries; Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit
Aug 07, 2025 (AFP)
Sudan has been locked in a war between its army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces since April 2023, with the military long accusing Abu Dhabi of support...
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