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Burkina Faso clash kills 15 attackers, one soldier: army

Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)

"The Toeni detachment came under attack by a group of terrorists... Unfortunately one soldier was killed," the army chief of staff said in a statement. The unit...

Nigerians brace for lockdown as Africa tries to halt virus

Mar 30, 2020 (AFP)

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a two-week "cessation of all movements" in the key cities from 2200 GMT to ward off an explosion of cases in Africa's mos...

S.African policeman arrested for murder amid virus lockdown

Mar 30, 2020 (AFP)

Police on patrol in Vooslorus, a working class suburb east of Johannesburg, are said to have followed a man from a bar to a house, having broken the no-liquor r...

Dozens of S.Africans exit quarantine after China return

Mar 29, 2020 (AFP)

South Africa, which has the highest number of infections of any African country, was on Sunday observing the third day of its 21-day lockdown to halt the spread...

Chad declares Lake areas 'war zone' after deadly Boko Haram attack

Mar 27, 2020 (AFP)

In the Lake Chad region where the borders of Chad, Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger converge, the group has stepped up attacks this year, drawing on their knowledge ...

Nigeria receives COVID-19 test kits from Chinese billionaire Ma

Mar 25, 2020 (AFP)

Nigeria's top health official, Abdulaziz Abdullahi, told AFP that the country had received 100,000 face masks, 1,000 protective gowns and 20,000 test kits. The ...

Africa's weak health systems face escalating virus peril

Mar 24, 2020 (AFP)

Earth's poorest continent has so far confirmed around 1,800 cases and 57 deaths -- a tally that is low compared with Europe, the Middle East and Asia, but is no...

Boko Haram attack kills nearly 100 Chadian troops

Mar 24, 2020 (AFP)

President Idriss Deby told Chad television he travelled to the scene of the attack on Tuesday to pay tribute to the 92 dead soldiers, saying it was the first ti...

Norway rejects French request to send forces to Mali

Mar 23, 2020 (AFP)

France has been seeking international support for a French-led force of elite soldiers to operate in Mali, a plan dubbed Operation Takuba. "We are concerned by ...

Malawi president sacks celebrated army chief

Mar 17, 2020 (AFP)

A statement from the presidency said General Vincent Nundwe was replaced by the former air force commander, Major General Andrew Lapken Namathanga. Nundwe will ...

After head start on virus, Africa begins clampdown

Mar 17, 2020 (AFP)

Here is a snapshot of the situation on a continent plagued by weak health systems and shortages of doctors and hospital beds, but where many countries have top-...

Western couple seized in Burkina Faso two years ago found in Mali

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

Edith Blais and Luca Tacchetto, both in their thirties, managed to escape near the northern city of Kidal on Friday and were taken to the local base of the UN m...

Sweden to send troops to Mali in special forces plan

Mar 16, 2020 (AFP)

"The government has decided to put a bill to parliament... for Swedish participation" in the joint unit, the foreign ministry said in a statement. The French in...

Women bear the brunt of climate change in Angola

Mar 11, 2020 (AFP)

The 16-year-old had to leave school early and walk three hours to join a long queue of people at the nearest water point. Since she rarely managed to fill her b...

Senior Al-Shabaab commander dies in US strike: Africom

Mar 08, 2020 (AFP)

"Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud was a senior operational leader responsible for exporting terror in Somalia as well as attacks into Kenya," said Africom director of pu...

Somalia: The Pentagon's new 'endless war'?

Mar 08, 2020 (AFP)

The Trump administration's plans to reduce its military presence in Africa while re-centering its efforts toward two key strategic competitors -- China and Russ...

Sacked DR Congo general died by 'hanging': president

Mar 07, 2020 (AFP)

Delphin Kahimbi, 50, a close associate of former president Joseph Kabila, had died of a heart attack on February 28 at home in Kinshasa, his wife and media repo...

Twitter CEO Dorsey to 'reconsider' Africa plans

Mar 05, 2020 (AFP)

The news came with Dorsey facing a challenge from an activist investor seeking to oust the social media executive, who is also CEO of the digital payments firm ...

Burkina Faso blast kills four soldiers in north

Mar 04, 2020 (AFP)

Burkina Faso has been battling jihadists in the north as an Islamist militant insrgency that began in Mali spreads across the Sahel region. "A vehicle with a mi...

Malawi troops protect demonstrators in rare African exception

Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)

From Sudan to Zimbabwe to Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau, the military has had a long track record of being state flunkeys, breaching the neutral role it is supp...