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Nigerian authorities claim to kill 30 criminal 'bandits'
Jul 10, 2025 (AFP)
Katsina State's commissioner for internal affairs, Nasir Mua'zu said the "criminals" were raiding three villages on Tuesday when they were killed by government ...
Nigerian hikers blaze trails despite insecurity
Jul 04, 2025 (AFP)
With no trail post in sight, the unmarked dirt lot outside the Nigerian capital seemed an unlikely place to hike -- but fans of the great outdoors in Abuja have...
Anxious residents re-emerge after Mali jihadist attacks
Jul 02, 2025 (AFP)
Jihadist fighters staged early-morning strikes on military positions in seven towns or cities Tuesday, in the third large-scale attack on the Malian army in a m...
France returns military base to Senegal; Jihadists wage string of attacks across Mali
Jul 01, 2025 (AFP)
Senegal's President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye annouced late last year that former colonial power France would have to close its military bases in Senegal by 2025 -...
US sanctions on Sudan over alleged chemical weapons use take effect
Jun 28, 2025 (AFP)
The sanctions -- which include restrictions on US exports, arms sales and financing to the government in Khartoum -- are to remain in place for at least one yea...
Green bonds offer hope, and risk, in Africa's climate fight
Jun 27, 2025 (AFP)
Africa remains a small player in the green bond market, and the debt instrument is underused -- but it is becoming a fast-growing source of funding for the worl...
Africa must pivot from aid to trade: WTO
Jun 26, 2025 (AFP)
The global economy has been on a rollercoaster since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, launching a fresh wave of tariffs and announ...
Tunisia U-turn on phosphate plant sparks anger in blighted city
Jun 26, 2025 (AFP)
"This is killing us," said Cherifa as the foul air permeated her home. "That's all we breathe. Day and night." Residents of Gabes, a city of around 400,000 peop...
Bots pushed anti-China narrative ahead of Ghana mining ban
Jun 25, 2025 (AFP)
The west African nation has long been home to an informal artisanal mining sector. But recent years have seen foreign investors -- including many Chinese nation...
34 Niger soldiers killed in attack near Mali border: defence ministry
Jun 19, 2025 (AFP)
"This Thursday, June 19, a cowardly and barbaric attack was carried out against (the town of) Banibangou by a horde of several hundred mercenaries aboard eight ...
Russia steps out from shadows in Africa with state paramilitary
Jun 19, 2025 (AFP)
Russia is using the Africa Corps force to increase its influence in particular in francophone west Africa where the presence of former colonial master France is...
DR Congo, Rwanda to sign peace accord on June 27
Jun 18, 2025 (AFP)
The text, which builds on a declaration of principles signed in April, "includes provisions on respect for territorial integrity and a prohibition of hostilitie...
Nine killed in Niger jihadist attack: local sources
Jun 15, 2025 (AFP)
"A terrorist attack targeted passenger vehicles on Friday June 13, killing nine civilians," a teachers' union said in a statement. One of its members had been a...
Nairobi startup's bid to be 'operating system for global South'
Jun 12, 2025 (AFP)
Chief executive Kate Kallot aims for Amini -- still a relatively small firm with $6 million in funding and 25 employees -- to become "the operating system for t...
E.Guinea leader pardons 37 a year after their arrest
Jun 10, 2025 (AFP)
Authorities arrested 37 people in July last year who were protesting over damage caused by the use of dynamite in mining operations and infrastructure projects ...
Russia says aims to boost military ties in Africa after Wagner exits Mali
Jun 09, 2025 (AFP)
Diplomatic and security sources told AFP on Sunday that Wagner, Russia's best-known mercenary group, was no longer present in Mali and its units there have been...
Mali military withdraws from base after second deadly attack in days
Jun 06, 2025 (AFP)
At least 30 soldiers were killed at the Boulkessi army base in central Mali on Sunday in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda affiliated Group for the Support of I...
Missiles fired over Port Sudan; Mali forces withdraw from base; Jihadist attack in Benin kills soldiers, police
Jun 05, 2025 (AFP)
"I saw a drone heading north towards the Flamingo military base, then I heard the sound of anti-aircraft defences," said one resident from the north of the city...
Suspected jihadist attack in Benin kills soldiers, police
Jun 05, 2025 (AFP)
The attack on a police station in Tanougou on Wednesday night follows a wave of Islamist violence in Benin, its northern neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso and M...
Uganda army kills 2 after explosion reported in capital
Jun 03, 2025 (AFP)
The authorities did not immediately confirm reports by NBS Television and other local media of an explosion near the Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine. But army spokesman...
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