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Malawi army chief reinstated after controversial sacking
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
Rolling anti-government protests gripped Malawi after former president Peter Mutharika secured a disputed second term in May last year. Some ensuing demonstrati...
EU suspends Mali training missions after coup
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
The bloc's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said the measure was temporary and he hoped the missions could resume their work "as soon as possible". The suspension...
Mali junta wants three-year military rule, agrees to free president
Aug 24, 2020 (AFP)
Last week's coup -- Mali's second in eight years -- followed months of protests calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as public discontent with the gover...
US suspends military aid to Mali after coup
Aug 21, 2020 (AFP)
There will be "no further training or support of the Mali armed forces -- we have halted everything until we can clarify the situation," the US special envoy fo...
Rebel splinter group withdraws from Sudan peace process
Aug 20, 2020 (AFP)
Sudan's transitional government signed a provisional peace deal with one wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) on Monday foreseeing its ...
Seven killed in DR Congo attack; As 'illegal' land sales drive conflicts
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
"Five civilians and two FARDC soldiers (from the DRC armed forces) were killed yesterday... during an attack attributed to the ADF," on the Mbau-Kamango road in...
Mali coup leaves ex-colonial power France in a bind
Aug 19, 2020 (AFP)
Tuesday's post-coup resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita following weeks of civil protest against his perceived corrupt and inept rule, has robbed Pa...
Ethiopia defence minister replaced after criticising Abiy
Aug 18, 2020 (AFP)
The ouster of Lemma Megersa, announced on Twitter as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle, underscores tensions between Abiy and other high-profile politicians f...
Murder mystery challenges Togo's hardline government
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
Lieutenant Colonel Bitala Madjoulba, commander of the elite 1st Rapid Intervention Battalion, was found dead in his office in a military base on May 4, the day ...
Niger attack raises stakes for French forces in West Africa
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
- How did the attack unfold? - Attackers on motorbikes shot their victims -- six humanitarian aid workers from the French NGO Acted, their driver and a local gu...
Niger wrestles with security challenges ahead of presidential election
Aug 11, 2020 (AFP)
As in neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso, the security forces and the government work above all to keep the large, landlocked nation afloat while the security t...
'Icon': Chad president named a marshal for independence day
Aug 11, 2020 (AFP)
President Idriss Deby Itno was named a marshal, the first in his country's history, in ceremonies on Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of independence from F...
DR Congo says Zambian troops occupying villages have withdrawn
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
Fighting broke out in mid-March between the Zambian and Congolese armies when the Zambian soldiers took control of the villages at Muliro-Kibambe in Tanganyika ...
Armed man shot dead outside Chad's presidential palace
Jul 29, 2020 (AFP)
The man turned up outside the entrance in mid-morning and the soldiers opened fire when he tried to force his way in with a knife in his hand, said first deputy...
USS 'Woody' Williams leaves for Africa on inaugural deployment
Jul 28, 2020 (UPI)
The ship will forward-deploy to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, according to the Navy, and will conduct missions that include counter-piracy an...
Rebel ambush kills 7 soldiers in eastern DR Congo: monitor
Jul 28, 2020 (AFP)
Army spokesman Antony Mualushayi, reached by AFP, confirmed the report by the Kivu Security Tracker (KST) but declined to give a death toll or comment further. ...
Zambia seeks Chinese debt relief for virus-hit economy
Jul 21, 2020 (AFP)
Lungu made the appeal in a telephone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday. "President Lungu called for debt relief and cancellation in light o...
'Bandits' kill 23 Nigerian troops in northwest: security sources
Jul 19, 2020 (AFP)
The gang opened fire Saturday on the soldiers who were on foot in a forested part of the Jibia district in Katsina state, the sources said, speaking on conditio...
Sudan army to prosecute over 'insults'
Jul 18, 2020 (AFP)
"Legal action will be available against activists, journalists and others, both inside and outside the country," it said in a statement, adding that an officer ...
IMF predicts Zambia economy to shrink by 5% due to virus, drought
Jul 15, 2020 (AFP)
The International Monetary Fund made the projection following two weeks of discussions with Zambian authorities. "The social and macroeconomic impact of the COV...
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