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Abducted Westerners feared killed in Burkina
Apr 27, 2021 (AFP)
The landlocked West African nation is struggling with a ruthless insurgency by Islamists who swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015. An intensive manhunt was u...
Nigerian troops suffer heavy losses in drawn-out battles with jihadists
Apr 26, 2021 (AFP)
The army later issued an official statement confirming there had been hours of intense battles on Sunday that also saw warplanes deployed but that its forces ha...
DR Congo PM says not ruling out 'state of emergency' in east
Apr 26, 2021 (AFP)
"No option will be excluded," Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde said in his inaugural speech to the National Assembly, referring to violence gripping thre...
Three UN peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack
Apr 25, 2021 (AFP)
Olivier Salgado, the spokesman for the UN's MINUSMA mission in Mali, said the attack took place on a base in Tessalit -- in the north -- which houses Malian sol...
Liberia pledges to prevent rebel attacks on Ivory Coast
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
The Ivorian army said it killed three armed men and captured another during Wednesday's pre-dawn attack, with security sources adding a Liberian passport and dr...
Struggle for Mali's 'masters of the waters'
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
There are hundreds of ethnic groups in the semi-arid African region, but the Bozo people have traditionally occupied a specific niche. Along with the Somonos, t...
Dozens dead, 'disappeared' in Mali military ops: HRW
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
The rights group made the allegations in a report based on dozens of interviews testifying to massacres and beatings allegedly committed by security forces in s...
Chad leader's death deprives West of key security ally
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
His demise -- during a battle with rebels in the north of the country, according to the army -- threatens to bring yet more instability to a turbulent region th...
Leaders from AFRICOM, Air Force, CDC discuss COVID response
Apr 20, 2021 (UPI)
Leaders from U.S. Africa Command, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa and the Centers for Disease Control attended the virtual event, which was focu...
Rangers battle human encroachment in Sudan's biggest park
Apr 19, 2021 (AFP)
Spread over more than 10,000 square kilometres (3,800 square miles), 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of Khartoum, the park is Sudan's biggest and abuts Eth...
Five Nigerian troops killed in jihadist attack
Apr 17, 2021 (AFP)
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday dislodged troops from a base in Kamuya village, 35 kilometres (22 miles) from regional di...
Thousands flee after Nigeria jihadist attack kills 10 in northeast town
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
Fighters from the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed Damasak in Borno state on Wednesday, the third assault on the town in a week, mil...
With giant swabs and grumpy camels, Kenya hunts for next deadly virus
Apr 15, 2021 (AFP)
It turns out camels don't much like being tested for coronavirus either. But the research is critical to advance understanding of Middle East Respiratory Syndro...
Going home or staying safe in NE Nigeria, an impossible choice
Apr 13, 2021 (AFP)
The little girl froze with fear on seeing the jihadists last month before her mother grabbed her and ran. It wasn't even the first time 25-year-old Hadiza fled ...
Nigeria gunmen killed after attacking soldiers: army
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
Violence erupted in the state when two communities clashed over a land dispute, prompting a military operation, officials said. On Monday, an army battalion was...
Solar and wind power could mitigate conflict in northeast Africa
Apr 09, 2021 (SPX)
"Our results call for integrated hydro-solar-wind planning to be taken up in the GERD negotiations," says Sebastian Sterl, energy planning expert at Vrije Unive...
Denmark to deploy special forces to Mali in 2022
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
"The terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda remains significant," the foreign and defence ministries said in a joint statement. "They wa...
Two abducted Chinese mine workers freed in Nigeria
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
The pair were kidnapped on Monday from a mine at Okepa/Itikan village in Osun state by gunmen who also shot their private security guards, in the latest such in...
UN chief seeks progress in South Sudan to evaluate arms embargo
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
In a report recently submitted to the Security Council, Guterres proposed "three key benchmarks" out of 34 specific targets to assess the embargo, which is up f...
Two Chinese mine workers kidnapped in southwest Nigeria
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
Kidnapping for ransom used to be common in Nigeria's oil-producing south but has lately spread to other parts of the country. The victims are usually released a...
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