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Niger wants to double size of army to fight jihadists: minister
Nov 29, 2020 (AFP)
The impoverished country lies in the heart of the Sahel, a region plagued by overlapping jihadist insurgencies that have spilt across borders over the past deca...
Hunger crisis accelerating in southern Madagascar: WFP
Nov 27, 2020 (AFP)
The World Food Programme (WFP) said three consecutive years of drought had pushed half of the region's population, or 1.5 million people, into "crisis" or "emer...
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller travels to Somalia
Nov 27, 2020 (UPI)
Miller, who replaced fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Nov. 9, was making his first trip abroad in the position. The U.S. military has about 700 troops in t...
Burkina Faso president Kabore wins re-election in landslide
Nov 26, 2020 (AFP)
Kabore won a large outright majority in the first round of the presidential election on Sunday, obviating the need for a runoff ballot, the Independent National...
WHO chief denies Ethiopia's claims he backs dissident region
Nov 19, 2020 (AFP)
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed unleashed a military campaign in the northern region on November 4 with the declared aim of unseating its ruling party, the Tigray Peo...
Nigerian army bombs highway 'bandits' after kidnappings
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
Gangs of gunmen known locally as bandits have abducted dozens of travellers -- and killed several -- over the last week along the highway that connects the capi...
Uganda's Museveni meets Ethiopia minister, urges dialogue
Nov 16, 2020 (AFP)
Museveni met with Demeke Mekonnen, Ethiopia's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, to discuss the almost two-week old conflict in the dissident northern ...
African leaders mount effort to mediate Ethiopia conflict
Nov 16, 2020 (AFP)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held talks with Ethiopia's deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonnen, while former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo headed to ...
Sudan welcomes rebels back to Khartoum after peace deal
Nov 15, 2020 (AFP)
"We have been looking forward to this day," Hamdok said as he greeted the leaders, according to a broadcast by the official news agency SUNA. "Today we are taki...
Fighting in W.Sahara says Polisario, amid pleas for restraint
Nov 14, 2020 (AFP)
Tensions in the former Spanish colony have sparked concern around the globe, with the United Nations, the African Union, Algeria and Mauritania urging both side...
Weapon identified in Togo military murder mystery
Nov 14, 2020 (AFP)
Lieutenant-Colonel Bitala Madjoulba, who commanded the country's Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), was found dead in his office on the night of May 3-4, 2020,...
Nigeria army denies killing peaceful protesters
Nov 14, 2020 (AFP)
Youth-led demonstrations across Africa's most populous country began on October 8, targeting a hated police unit, the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), that th...
French army says 30 jihadists killed in Mali
Nov 13, 2020 (AFP)
Commando troops transported by helicopter and supported by fighter aircraft on Thursday evening fought "several hours of ground combat" near Niaki, 180 kilometr...
Fleeing Ethiopians describe horror of Tigray fighting
Nov 13, 2020 (AFP)
Tediest, starving after walking 30 kilometres (18 miles) barefoot for two-days through the baking heat, was separated from his family in the fear and the chaos....
Opposition grows to military role in post-coup Mali
Nov 12, 2020 (AFP)
The statement from the opposition June 5 Movement, or M5, follows a decree published on Tuesday that gave coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita veto power over Mali'...
Russia plans naval base in Sudan
Nov 12, 2020 (AFP)
The planned deal, published on the Russian government's website Wednesday, outlines a "logistical support centre" to be set up in Sudan where "repairs and resup...
China to curb emerging economy financing: Euler Hermes
Nov 11, 2020 (AFP)
The company expects China "to slow its international engagement over the next few years," according to a report released on Tuesday. That is because as Chinese ...
Ethiopian warplanes bombard Tigray as Abiy denies 'chaos'
Nov 09, 2020 (AFP)
Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, last week launched a military operation in Tigray claiming authorities there had attacked two federal milit...
Ethiopia vows to replace Tigray government as conflict escalates
Nov 07, 2020 (AFP)
Fears are mounting over the prospect of civil war after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed this week sent federal troops and aircraft into the region with which Addis Ab...
France said to plan cuts in Sahel force
Nov 06, 2020 (AFP)
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defence Minister Florence Parly visited Mali in quick succession in the last weeks to help the government assess the Fre...
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