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Swedes say have deployed in European elite force in Mali
Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)
The Swedish parliament approved the deployment of up to 150 soldiers to the so-called Takuba task force in June last year, with reinforcements of up to 100 othe...
Cameroon army killed nine civilians in anglophone west: HRW
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
The accusation relates to an incident on January 10 that the army, which is fighting armed separatists in the region, says was a fight with "terrorists." It dis...
Three Chinese kidnapped in Nigeria mine dispute: police
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
The incident which happened at the Atakumosa area of Osun state on Monday was under investigation, state police spokeswoman Yemisi Opalola told AFP. "The three ...
4 Tunisian soldiers killed in landmine blast: ministry
Feb 03, 2021 (AFP)
"Four soldiers who were part of a military unit tasked with carrying out a combing operation of Mount Mghila looking for terrorist elements were killed by a min...
'Angel Gabriel' goes on trial in Finland over Liberia war crimes
Feb 03, 2021 (AFP)
Gibril Massaquoi, a Sierra Leonean living in Finland since 2008, is accused of murder, aggravated war crimes and aggravated crimes against humanity during the W...
Past river activity in northern Africa reveals multiple Sahara greenings
Feb 01, 2021 (SPX)
Recently, more detailed insights have been gained from sediment cores extracted from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. An international research tea...
Deadly French army air crash in Mali blamed on human error
Jan 30, 2021 (AFP)
The night accident occurred in November 2019 while the helicopters, both flying at low altitude, were reinforcing ground troops pursuing insurgents near the bor...
UN investigators visit scene of French airstrike in Mali
Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)
Several residents, and an association promoting the Fulani ethnic group, have said that on January 3 a helicopter attacked the village of Bounti during a weddin...
Huge challenges await Nigeria's new military chiefs
Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)
Often described as overstretched and underfunded, Nigeria's military is fighting jihadists in the northeast and armed gangs in the northwest as well as dealing ...
Ethnic groups in central Mali sign peace accords
Jan 27, 2021 (AFP)
The accords brings together the Fulani, also called Peul, who mainly comprise semi-nomadic herders, and the Dogon, who are chiefly sedentary farmers. The two gr...
Curfew declared in Nigerian city after clashes
Jan 26, 2021 (AFP)
The governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, said a curfew had been imposed in the city of Orlu and nine surrounding districts on Monday after "militants... unleas...
Nigerian President Buhari replaces top military chiefs
Jan 26, 2021 (AFP)
Buhari, a former army general first elected in 2015, came to power vowing to tackle Nigeria's long jihadist insurgency in the northeast. "President Muhammadu Bu...
100 jihadists killed in French-Malian offensive
Jan 26, 2021 (AFP)
"One hundred terrorists were neutralised, about 20 captured and several motorbikes and war equipment were seized" during the operation with France's Barkhane fo...
prepares to bury ex-leader Rawlings as parties vie over legacy
Jan 24, 2021 (AFP)
Rawlings held sway for two decades, first as military ruler and later as elected president. He died in November at the age of 73 and his funeral was initially s...
HRW urges investigation into French air strike in central Mali
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
Several residents, and an association promoting the Fulani ethnic group, have said that on January 3 a helicopter attacked the village of Bounti during a weddin...
French troops kill over 20 jihadists in Burkina Faso
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
One of the poorest countries in the world, Burkina Faso is struggling with a ruthless insurgency by armed Islamists who swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015....
France's reckoning with colonial past reviewed in Algeria report
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
The atrocities committed by France in its attempt to quash Algeria's bid for independence, as well as by the nationalists who waged an eight-year liberation war...
U.S. airstrikes kill 3 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia
Jan 19, 2021 (UPI)
No civilians were injured or killed in the airstrikes, conducted near Jamaame and Deb Scinnele in coordination with the government of Somalia, according to init...
Zambia copper mine settles villagers' pollution claims
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
The villagers filed a claim in London in 2015 against KCM, one of Africa's largest copper producers, and Vedanta for alleged toxic pollution caused by water dis...
Mali army probes death of jihadist prisoners
Jan 16, 2021 (AFP)
The army's chief of staff said in a statement that "three of four prisoners lost their lives while being transferred from Boulkessi", where the Group of Support...
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