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US strike in Somalia kills 35 'terrorists': Pentagon

Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)

Sunday's strike took place in the Hiran region of central Somalia and targeted armed Shabaab fighters "as they were transitioning between locations in a rural a...

French forces strike jihadists in central Mali

Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)

The raid -- the second in 48 hours -- took place north of Mopti on Saturday evening, as French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Defence Minister Florence Par...

17-nation summit pitches for climate funds for Sahel

Feb 25, 2019 (AFP)

The 2018-30 scheme, covering countries ranging from Mauritania to the Horn of Africa, aims at reducing carbon emissions and providing help in the fight against ...

5 killed, several seized in Boko Haram attacks in Chad: official

Feb 21, 2019 (AFP)

The attacks took place Tuesday night, according to Dimouya Soiapebe, general secretary of Lake Chad province. "Five people were killed and five wounded" in the ...

Probe opened into whipping of woman in Chad

Feb 20, 2019 (AFP)

"The perpetrators of these acts have been apprehended and will be brought before justice without delay to answer for their actions," minister Djimet Arabi told ...

$400 billion climate investment plan for Sahel region

Feb 20, 2019 (AFP)

The "ambitious" plan for the period 2018-30 will involve "17 nations from the Atlantic Ocean to the Horn of Africa" and will represent the "translation (into ac...

UN council hails C. Africa peace deal as important step

Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)

The accord was reached in Sudan earlier this month between the Bangui government and 14 armed groups controlling most of the territory in the strife-scarred cou...

Nigeria election candidates sign 'peace accord'

Feb 13, 2019 (AFP)

President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar joined other candidates to sign a "peace accord", in front of foreign observers, including Commonwealth head Patri...

Main terms of peace accord in Central African Republic

Feb 12, 2019 (AFP)

The so-called Khartoum Agreement, concluded in the Sudanese capital, is the eighth attempt in nearly six years to bring peace to one of the world's poorest and ...

Niger former rebels hand over weapons: local officials

Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)

About a hundred former fighters with the Movement for Justice and the Rehabilitation of Niger (MJRN) handed over a significant arsenal in the northern city of D...

Chad rebel group vows to fight on after losses

Feb 11, 2019 (AFP)

"A battle has been lost, but not the war," Youssouf Hamid, spokesman of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) told AFP. On Saturday, the Chadian military said it...

Boko Haram kills three troops in Nigeria base attack

Feb 09, 2019 (AFP)

The attack happened at the Forward Operation Base in Ngwom village, some 14 kilometres (nearly nine miles) north of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. "Boko Ha...

Ethiopia re-integrates 1,700 separatist rebels

Feb 09, 2019 (AFP)

The ex-rebels, who will have a choice between returning to civilian life or joining regional or federal security forces, were formally re-integrated during a ce...

Revealed: DR Congo's 'invisible' massacre

Feb 09, 2019 (AFP)

Days passed before details began to trickle out about what had happened on December 16 and 17 in Yumbi, a remote territory in southwest DR Congo. It was a whole...

US-China trade tensions could hit African growth: AFDB

Feb 08, 2019 (AFP)

Hanan Morsy, director of the AfDB's macroeconomic policy department, made the prediction on the sidelines of an African Union meeting in Addis Ababa as fresh do...

C.Africa peace deal calls for truth commission, joint patrols

Feb 08, 2019 (AFP)

The accord, agreed in Khartoum by the CAR and 14 militia groups who control most of the country, has boosted hopes of an end to a long and bloody conflict in on...

Libya strongman's forces say struck Chad rebels

Feb 08, 2019 (AFP)

Haftar's self-styled Libyan National Army said in a statement it had hit "three groups of Chadians and their allies". The "violent and painful" strikes targeted...

Burkina Faso overhauls army command in face of jihadist attacks

Feb 08, 2019 (AFP)

Eight decrees signed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore include measures to name a new army chief of staff and new heads of the military's three regional c...

Central African peace deal still not fully signed: minister

Feb 07, 2019 (AFP)

The accord was signed in the capital Bangui on Wednesday by militia leaders and President Faustin-Archange Touadera, but its contents have not been disclosed. "...

Nigeria's military given warning as polls approach

Feb 07, 2019 (AFP)

Defence spokesman John Agim told reporters the armed forces reaffirmed "its neutrality, impartiality and strict adherence to professional conduct" before, durin...