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Massive search continues for two missing US soldiers in Morocco
May 03, 2026 (AFP)
A massive land, air and sea search was launched by US, Moroccan and allied forces in Cap Draa Training Area after the service members went missing late Saturday...
Rebels take key military base in Mali's north
May 01, 2026 (AFP)
The west African nation is facing a critical security situation following large-scale attacks last weekend on various junta positions by the Tuareg-dominated FL...
Ancient Nile Dynamics Shaped the Rise of a Sudanese Empire for Millennia
Apr 28, 2026 (SPX)
The study, led by archaeologist Geoff Emberling, geomorphologist Jan Peeters and El-Hassan Ahmed Mohammed, finds that Napata flourished from around 800 BCE to 1...
UN chief, Ghana condemn attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon
Mar 07, 2026 (AFP)
Ghana said it had lodged a formal complaint with the UN. It demanded "that those responsible be identified and held accountable, as the attack constitutes a gra...
DR Congo mine landslide death toll tops 200: government
Mar 04, 2026 (AFP)
A shaft collapsed at the country's largest coltan mine in the rebel-controlled east on Tuesday, witnesses told AFP, with an initial toll of six dead. The Rubaya...
Madagascar's new leader in Moscow for talks with Putin
Feb 18, 2026 (AFP)
Colonel Michael Randrianirina, interim leader since the former president fled in October after weeks of demonstrations, was to meet Putin on Thursday, it said. ...
S.Africa to deploy troops to crime hotspots within 10 days, minister says
Feb 17, 2026 (AFP)
The move marks the latest in a series of tough measures by government to contain rampant crime in a country with one of the world's highest murder rates, averag...
Nigeria announces arrival of 100 US soldiers
Feb 16, 2026 (AFP)
The ministry did not specify when the "US military trainers" arrived or were due to arrive. "The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) wishes to announce the arrival of ab...
Burkina jihadist attacks on army leave at least 10 dead
Feb 15, 2026 (AFP)
The west African country, ruled by a military junta since a 2022 coup, has been plagued with violence from militants allied to Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State gro...
Senegal Navy searches for three missing sailors
Feb 13, 2026 (AFP)
The military said on Thursday night that it had recovered "10 survivors" and retrieved the remnants of the boat. According to a statement from the armed forces'...
US deploys 200 troops to train Nigerian military
Feb 11, 2026 (AFP)
"We are getting US troops to assist in training and technical support," Major General Samaila Uba, a spokesman for Nigeria's Defense Headquarters, told AFP. The...
Burkina Faso dissolves all political parties
Feb 10, 2026 (AFP)
Under captain Ibrahim Traore, who led a coup in September 2022, the junta has muzzled critics, arresting dissidents or forcing them into fighting jihadists. On ...
Somalia signs defence agreement with Saudi Arabia
Feb 09, 2026 (AFP)
The region, strategically located between the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal on one of the world's busiest trade routes, has increasingly attracted the interes...
Anger mounts in Senegal over sanitary pad scandal
Feb 04, 2026 (AFP)
The west African country's pharmaceutical regulator late last year accused Softcare of possessing some 1,300 kilograms (2,865 pounds) of expired and unsuitable ...
US expands military base in Kenya to boost regional security
Jan 30, 2026 (AFP)
The Manda Bay airbase is a Kenya Defence Forces site in Lamu County used by US forces and has long served as a strategic hub in the fight against Al-Qaeda-linke...
Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village threatened after recordhgains
Jan 30, 2026 (AFP)
Last week, Tunisia saw its heaviest downpour in more than 70 years. The storm killed at least five people, with others still missing. Narrow streets of this vil...
G.Bissau junta leader promoted to highest army rank as Uganda army chief apologises X post
Jan 29, 2026 (AFP)
The army seized power in November just days after the country's presidential elections, overthrowing president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and suspending the electoral...
Jihadist attacks kill Nigerian troops as US ramps up strikes in Somalia
Jan 27, 2026 (AFP)
Fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday used explosives and guns to attack a column of more than 30 troops on foot patrol outside the...
US military working with Nigeria as part of wider Islamic State pivot
Jan 26, 2026 (AFP)
The Pentagon has also kept open lines of communication with militaries in the junta-led Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali, Lieutenant General John...
Sudan army says breaks RSF siege on southern city Dilling
Jan 26, 2026 (AFP)
Since April 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has killed tens of thousands of pe...
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