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At least 20 killed in DR Congo militia violence
Mar 02, 2020 (AFP)
Congolese soldiers clashed with raiding militia fighters from the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) on Saturday night in the village of Kparanga...
Gunmen kill 10 officers in northern Burkina Faso
Feb 29, 2020 (AFP)
Another three officers were wounded in the attack at Sebba, the main town in Yagha province, a police statement said. An earlier statement had put the death tol...
DR Congo orders probe into discgarced top general's death
Feb 29, 2020 (AFP)
Delphin Kahimbi, 50, the deputy chief of staff of military intelligence and a close associate of former president Joseph Kabila, died of a heart attack on Frida...
Cameroon denies watchdog accusation of village massacre
Feb 28, 2020 (AFP)
HRW on Tuesday had said "government forces and armed ethnic Fulani" carried out the slaughter, which occurred on February 14 in a region where troops are battli...
African Union preparing 3,000-troop deployment to Sahel
Feb 27, 2020 (AFP)
The decision was made at the African Union summit earlier this month, Smail Chergui, head of the AU's Peace and Security Commission said, but the announcement w...
Watchdog HRW accuses army in massacre in anglophone Cameroon
Feb 25, 2020 (AFP)
"Government forces and armed ethnic Fulani" carried out the slaughter in Ngarbuh, whose victims included 13 children and a pregnant woman, HRW said. In its stat...
Nigeria probes video showing manatee dragged down street
Feb 24, 2020 (AFP)
In the video posted to Twitter on Saturday, a group of young men can be seen dragging the writhing creature along on ropes down a dusty street. It is not clear ...
Niger military operation kills 120 'terrorists': official
Feb 22, 2020 (AFP)
As of February 20 "120 terrorists have been neutralised" in the operation in the vast Tillaberi region near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso, the statement...
Pompeo closes Africa tour with warning about China's 'empty promises'
Feb 19, 2020 (AFP)
"Countries should be wary of authoritarian regimes with empty promises. They breed corruption, dependency," Pompeo said in a speech to diplomats and business le...
Nigerian army torches homes across the country after attacks
Feb 18, 2020 (AFP)
On Tuesday morning armed assailants shot at soldiers in a suburb troubled by ethnic violence outside the central Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau State, local poli...
S. Sudan 'unity' army not ready for peace as deadline looms
Feb 14, 2020 (AFP)
"South Sudan! Victory!" they cried out, as women ululated. Troops from both sides of the battlefield broke into song and dance, sending up great clouds of dust ...
Belgium weighing French military mission in Mali: minister
Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)
"It's a matter of debate, dialogue. There already are many troops in Mali, Niger," Goffin said when asked in an interview whether Belgium would respond favorabl...
U.S. shifts AFRICOM strategy as troops are 'overmatched' by militants
Feb 13, 2020 (UPI)
"The Secretary of Defense has been conducting a comprehensive review of DoD forces, programs and activities within each Combatant Command to ensure alignment wi...
US military begins adjusting presence in Africa
Feb 12, 2020 (AFP)
The first change will see part of one infantry unit, around 800 troops, replaced with a similar number of military trainers and advisors to support local forces...
Suicide attack kills Algerian soldier near Mali border: defence ministry
Feb 09, 2020 (AFP)
"Today at 1050 (0950 GMT) in the border area of Timiaouine, a detachment of the ANP (army) was the target... of a suicide attacker in an all-terrain vehicle," t...
C.Africa leader urges tough line on peace deal violators
Feb 06, 2020 (AFP)
CAR's government signed a deal with 14 rebel militias a year ago, but more than two-thirds of the former French colony remains under the control of armed groups...
Sudan army agrees Burhan-Netanyahu meeting will boost security
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's ruling sovereign council, met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Entebbe on Monday in a meeting th...
Kenya leader warns against US, China rivalry in Africa
Feb 05, 2020 (AFP)
President Uhuru Kenyatta was speaking on a visit to Washington, where speculation has built that the United States will seek to negotiate a free-trade agreement...
Nigeria to receive $308m stolen by ex-dictator: US
Feb 03, 2020 (AFP)
The sum is the latest to be recovered from the accounts of Abacha, an army officer who ruled Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998 aged 54, which sparked an...
France to add 600 troops to fight insurgents in Africa
Feb 03, 2020 (UPI)
They will be deployed by the end of February in the border zones of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the transition point between the Sahara Desert and Africa's su...
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