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Pentagon chief visits Algeria for North Africa security talks

Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)

Esper, the first American defence chief to visit Algiers since 2006, hopes "to deepen cooperation with Algeria on key regional security issues such as the threa...

Sudan to strike peace with rebels after decades of war

Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)

Ending Sudan's internal conflicts has been a top priority of the transition government in power since last year's ouster of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir ami...

Niger frees campaigners detained in protests over military contracts

Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)

Their cause was taken up by human rights groups, including Amnesty International. Attorney Boudal Effred Mouloul said the judiciary ordered a "statutory release...

Tracing the babies who died in France's camps for Algerian fighters

Sep 23, 2020 (AFP)

Standing in front of two small mounds of earth in the Muslim section -- graves six and eight, rows 22 and 25 -- Abessia Dargaid collapses in tears. "So, so sorr...

Mali since independence

Sep 22, 2020 (AFP)

- Independence - On September 22, 1960, Mali becomes independent. Under president Modibo Keita, it declares itself a socialist state. - 'President for life' - O...

Cameroon troops jailed 10 years for murder of four civilians

Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)

A fifth soldier received a two-year sentence. A video broadcast on social media in July 2018 showed soldiers shooting two kneeling, blindfolded women as well as...

Ex-defence minister appointed Mali's transition leader

Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)

Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita said in a televised statement that former defence minister Bah Ndaw would become transition president -- while he himself woul...

Rebel attacks kill 15 soldiers in troubled Cameroon

Sep 20, 2020 (AFP)

Heavily armed "terrorists" ambushed a convoy of elite rapid intervention forces at Bamessing in the Northwest Region on September 16, the ministry statement sai...

Ten Chad soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush: official

Sep 19, 2020 (AFP)

Seven soldiers were also injured in Thursday's ambush, Sadick Khatir said, confirming information given by an anonymous military source. Contacted by AFP, howev...

Two rangers killed in famed DR Congo wildlife reserve

Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)

Thursday's attack in the restive Ituri province was staged by the Mai-Mai, a group of vigilantes protecting local communities, said Cosma Wilunga, the head of t...

U.S., Ugandan military leaders mark end of peacekeeping partnership

Sep 17, 2020 (UPI)

Major Gen. Stephen M. Neary, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa spoke by video teleconference with Brig. Gen. Peter Omola, the Uganda Rapid...

Family fakes fight to help Chad colonel escape murder trial

Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)

A video of Colonel Abdoulaye Ahmat Haroun shooting two young mechanics at point-blank range, killing one, triggered such fury online that the government slowed ...

Cameroon army launches operation in anglophone regional capital

Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)

The country's Northwest and Southwest regions have been gripped by conflict since separatists declared independence in 2017 after decades of grievances at perce...

Four soldiers killed in central Mali attack: officials

Sep 09, 2020 (AFP)

The attack took place near Alatona, not far from the Mauritania border, a source at the region's security ministry said. There was no word on the identity of th...

Zimbabwe bans mining in national parks

Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)

Authorities in Zimbabwe had previously granted Chinese-owned Tongmao Coal Company a licence to explore for coal in Hwange National Park, home to around 45,000 e...

Mass hunger fears as Mozambique insurgency hampers aid

Sep 07, 2020 (AFP)

Jihadists have been waging a violent campaign in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province since 2017, launching sporadic attacks on towns and villages in a bid to est...

Mali's ill-equipped army in spotlight after coup

Sep 06, 2020 (AFP)

The August 18 putsch came after months of protests against ousted leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and sent shockwaves across a region beset by jihadist attacks an...

Niger soldiers executed dozens of civilians, probe says

Sep 05, 2020 (AFP)

The West African nation has suffered years of conflict with Islamic militants operating in the vast and inhospitable Sahel desert, with thousands of soldiers an...

Mouse to go: Rodent kebabs fill empty stomachs in virus-hit Malawi

Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)

Vendors waving long skewers of roasted field mice typically stand along Malawi's main highway, targeting motorists travelling between the two largest cities, Bl...

Zimbabwean High Court orders dissidents to be freed on bail

Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)

In separate rulings, the High Court granted their appeals against the ruling of a lower court that had denied them bail, saying its judges had erred. "I remain ...