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Region launches military mission as Rwanda helps retake Mozambique towns
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi launched the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mission in Mozambique (SA...
Mozambique, Rwanda armies retake key jihadist-held town
Aug 08, 2021 (AFP)
Mozambique's defence ministry confirmed an earlier tweet by Rwanda's army that the joint force had wrested control of the town on Sunday morning. They now contr...
Niger's coup leadership closes airspace as deadline to release president expires
Aug 07, 2021 (UPI)
Niger was overthrown July 26 by the so-called National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland, causing democratic allies to condemn the coup and the captu...
Nigeria bombs gunmen camp, kills 78: military
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
Heavily-armed bandits have wracked northwest and central Nigeria for years, but the groups have recently stepped up attacks on schools, kidnapping hundreds of s...
South Sudan VP Machar's allies denounce 'failed coup'
Aug 06, 2021 (AFP)
Leaders of the military wing of Machar's SPLM/A-IO said Wednesday it had deposed the rebel-turned politician for failing to represent their interests. It remain...
Rwanda troops in Mozambique claim progress against jihadists
Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)
The forces last week helped the Mozambique army regain control of Awasse -- a small but strategic settlement near the key town of Mocimboa da Praia seized by mi...
115 killed in military crackdown in Nigeria: Amnesty
Aug 05, 2021 (AFP)
Violence has flared in Nigeria's southeastern states this year, claiming the lives of at least 127 police or members of the security services, according to the ...
South Sudan's VP Machar deposed by party: rival leaders
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
Machar, a pivotal figure in South Sudan's bloody road to independence and subsequent civil war, was deposed following a three-day gathering of senior SPLM/A-IO ...
USAID chief calls for unified army in Sudan
Aug 03, 2021 (AFP)
Power's remarks came at the end of her four-day visit to Sudan, which has struggled with deep political splits and economic woes since the April 2019 ouster of ...
DR Congo soldiers arrested over shooting of schoolgirl
Aug 01, 2021 (AFP)
The central African country's government has placed the North Kivu and Ituri provinces under a state of siege since May 6 to try to stem militia violence. Local...
In Mali capital, animist sacrifices under 'Chinese bridge'
Jul 28, 2021 (AFP)
Boucary Sagara is quite definite. He would prefer to make a lengthy detour rather than cross one of the three bridges that span the Niger River at Bamako. In Ma...
Soldiers say they have detained Niger's president in apparent coup
Jul 27, 2021 (UPI)
Surrounded by nine officers from various military branches, Col. Maj. Amadou Abdramane, representing the so-called National Council for the Safeguarding of the ...
'Talking drum' mimics speech patterns of West Africa's Yoruba language
Jul 27, 2021 (UPI)
According to a new study, the dundun drum -- in the hands of a skilled percussionist -- can accurately mimic the speech patterns of Yoruba, a tonal language mos...
DR Congo army says 150 hostages freed from Islamist militia
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
"The army was able to release more than 150 civilians: women, elderly people, children and young people," said Jules Ngongo, spokesman for the army in Ituri pro...
Eight killed in army offensive on DR Congo gorilla park
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
Friday's operation in the Kahozi-Biega park, the only place in the world where the Grauer's gorilla roam in the wild, also saw around 90 huts torched. Congloese...
Two Chinese face prosecution in DR Congo over illegal miners incident
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
"Two Chinese used two soldiers of the FARDC (DR Congo's armed forces) to beat up and mistreat Congolese artisanal miners in the mine," army spokesman Leon-Richa...
US launches second air strike in a week targeting Al-Shabaab in Somalia
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
The US military command for Africa (AFRICOM), "conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab in the vicinity of Qeycad" in Galmudug province 300 miles (500 kilomete...
West African nature reserve escapes endangered listing
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
South Africa convinced the UN body's World Heritage Committee to back an amendment -- also supported by other African states -- to keep the W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP...
Nigeria receives six warplanes from US to fight insurgency
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Africa's most populous nation faces several security crises, including a 12-year-old jihadist insurgency in the northeast, herder-farmer clashes in the centre, ...
World Bank earmarks $490 mn for Madagascar
Jul 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Bank will provide a grant of 100 million euros to help the Indian Ocean island purchase vaccines and boost its health system, Economy Minister Richard Randr...
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