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AFRICOM, U.S. Army conduct vehicle maintenance training in Senegal
May 12, 2020 (UPI)
The course -- in which U.S. Army advisors from Fort Benning in March provided training on recovering the M36 Puma armored personnel carrier -- was designed to p...
Misinformation flood hampers fight for virus vaccine in Africa
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Across the continent, Facebook, WhatsApp and other platforms have been swamped by messaging that characterises vaccine research as harmful or even part of a plo...
French foreign legionnaires slain in Mali honoured in deserted Paris
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Soldiers wearing face masks stood to pay their respects as the convoy with the hearses transporting the bodies of the two soldiers passed through the city devoi...
DR Congo again blames Hutu rebels for ranger massacre
May 04, 2020 (AFP)
Fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) were behind the April 24 attack, said Major General Maurice Aguru Mamba, citing a prelim...
Libya unity govt protests 'French Rafale overflight'
Apr 29, 2020 (AFP)
The Rafale and a refuelling aircraft had flown over Misrata, 200 kilometres (120 miles) east of Tripoli, and Abu Grein, a combat zone further east, the Governme...
S.Africa to deploy 73,000 more troops for lockdown
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
The country is four weeks into a strict police and military-enforced shutdown during which jogging, dog-walking and the sale of alcohol have been banned until t...
Madagascar president launches coronavirus 'remedy'
Apr 22, 2020 (AFP)
"Tests have been carried out - two people have now been cured by this treatment," Rajoelina told ministers, diplomats and journalists at the Malagasy Institute ...
Cameroon admits army role in February killing of 13 civilians
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
The central African country's government had previously denied any role in the massacre in the region, where English-speaking separatists have been fighting the...
Can sub-Saharan Africa achieve sustainable access to energy for all by 2030?
Apr 20, 2020 (SPX)
The bulk of improvements in global access to electricity between 2014 and 2019 were observed in Central and Southern Asia and a few areas of Africa. Nearly two ...
Lesotho's army withdraws as calls mount for PM to resign
Apr 19, 2020 (AFP)
Thabane faces mounting calls to step down from rivals within his ruling party and opposition groups over suspicions he had a hand in the murder of his estranged...
Hungry South Africans clash with police over food aid in Cape Town
Apr 16, 2020 (AFP)
Hundreds of angry people fought running battles with the police, hurling rocks and setting up barricades on the streets with burning tyres in Mitchells Plain ov...
US denies killing civilian in Somalia
Apr 15, 2020 (AFP)
US Africa Command disputed reports from two news outlets that said an innocent civilian was killed in the precision air strike near the southern town of Jamaame...
Anger in Africa over coronavirus 'stigma' in China
Apr 14, 2020 (AFP)
The African residents say they have suffered forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus tests and face discrimination in restaurants and hotel...
African community targeted in China virus crackdown
Apr 11, 2020 (AFP)
China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimin...
S. Africa's explosive cocktail: coronavirus and AIDS
Apr 09, 2020 (AFP)
As soon as COVID-19 started spreading in China last December, experts pointed to the devastating possible impact the deadly virus could have on AIDS patients, w...
Chinese virus medics arrive in Nigeria despite protest
Apr 08, 2020 (AFP)
The 15-strong team were greeted by senior officials on the tarmac at Abuja airport after flying in on a month-long deployment with a planeload of medical suppli...
US strike in Somalia kills Shabaab 'senior leader': Pentagon
Apr 07, 2020 (AFP)
The strike left three Shabaab militants dead, including Yusuf Jiis, a "foundational" leader of the jihadist organization, which has carried out deadly attacks a...
New energy strategy in Cameroon to help avert 28,000 deaths and reduce global temperatures
Apr 03, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the CICERO Centre for International Climate Research, conducted the study that found these d...
Gabon bans eating of pangolin and bats amid pandemic
Apr 03, 2020 (AFP)
President Ali Bongo Ondimba also announced the government was planning to lock down the capital Libreville and unveiled an emergency package for those hard hit ...
France confirms 4 coronavirus cases in anti-jihadist Africa force
Apr 02, 2020 (AFP)
The infections are the first confirmed by the French army among soldiers serving in its foreign operations. Colonel Frederic Barbry, the spokesman for the Frenc...
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