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Central African Republic peace deal signed in Bangui
Feb 06, 2019 (AFP)
"The first effect of this agreement is the cessation of all violence against civilians," President Faustin-Archange Touadera said at the signing ceremony, altho...
C.Africa government inks peace deal with militias
Feb 05, 2019 (AFP)
The accord was initialled by President Faustin-Archange Touadera for the CAR government and by representatives of militias that control most of the chronically-...
Sudan protesters chant 'freedom' as police fire tear gas
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
They said protesters took to the streets in two districts of Khartoum and in Omdurman, across the Nile. Riot police swiftly moved in to disperse the protests, f...
New DR Congo seeks to reassure security forces
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
Tshisekedi, who has no military experience, has made several overtures to the powerful security apparatus since succeeding long-term president Joseph Kabila aft...
French air strikes 'repel incursion into Chad from Libya'
Feb 04, 2019 (AFP)
A rebel group opposed to President Idriss Deby said it had been the target of the strikes, and warned France that its act could stir "hostility towards the Fren...
C.Africa peace talks suspended: govt
Feb 01, 2019 (AFP)
The latest round of peace talks sponsored by the African Union had opened in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on January 24. "There has been a suspension of negoti...
US strike kills 24 jihadists in Somalia: Pentagon
Jan 31, 2019 (AFP)
The strike a day earlier was near a "terrorist encampment location" in the Hiran region of central Somalia, US Africa Command said in a statement. The action ca...
Gabon government reshuffle includes new defence minister
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
The main change was the replacement of Etienne Massard Kabinda Makaga as defence minister with the mayor of Libreville, Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda. Makaga,...
C. Africa Republic peace talks stumble over militia amnesty
Jan 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Central African Republic fell into crisis in 2012 after violence erupted from a mainly Muslim rebel insurgency known as the Seleka that sparked the creation...
Boko Haram attacks military bases in northeast Nigeria
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
The attacks were the latest against military targets in the region with security becoming a major campaign issue ahead of presidential and legislative elections...
Boko Haram attacks military bases in NE Nigeria: sources
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
The incidents are the latest against military targets in the restive region over several months that have raised concerns about a resurgence of the Islamist mil...
African arms market to grow by 50 pct over five years: analyst
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
"The African market in defence represents only a drop of water in relation to the world market: 42.6 billion dollars out of 1,731 billion in 2017," Konan told A...
S.Sudan urges foreign partners to fund peace deal
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
In an address to diplomats, deputy foreign minister Deng Dau Deng said the money was needed to move warring forces into cantonment areas, a move seen as vital t...
Eighth time lucky? C.Africa sets sights on new peace talks
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
The meeting, brokered by the African Union after 18 months of exploratory work, will be the eighth bid in almost six years to forge peace in a country that has ...
Zimbabwe's rights body says 'systematic torture' in crackdown
Jan 22, 2019 (AFP)
In a blunt statement, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission also accused the security forces of "systematic torture" and slapped the authorities for using troops...
4 hurt as gunmen raid Chinese construction site in Kenya
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
Eight attackers opened fire on the construction site near the town of Garissa late on Sunday evening, said David Kerina, regional police chief. "The attackers w...
Six Nigerian troops killed in Boko Haram raid
Jan 19, 2019 (AFP)
The jihadists attacked an army position overnight Thursday in Kamuya, a village in the northeastern state of Borno near the home of army chief of staff Tukur Yu...
US military says 52 Somali Islamists killed in airstrike
Jan 19, 2019 (AFP)
"US Africa Command conducted the airstrike in response to an attack by a large group of al-Shabaab militants against Somali National Army Forces. We currently a...
Russia, China push UN to stay out of DR Congo poll dispute
Jan 11, 2019 (AFP)
Western nations and observers have questioned the outcome of the December 30 poll, in which opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner, with Bel...
Boko Haram threatens civilians in NE Nigeria: army
Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)
Army spokesman Onyema Nwachukwu said there was "credible information" the jihadists had "infiltrated some villages" near the Borno state capital Maiduguri. "The...
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