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Niger junta suspends BBC for three months

Dec 12, 2024 (AFP)

The ban on the BBC -- accused of airing "erroneous information likely to destabilise social peace and undermine the morale of the troops" fighting jihadists -- ...

Amnesty accuses DR Congo army of 'possible crimes against humanity'

Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)

Elite troops from the Republic Guard stormed the temple of a mystic religious group in the North Kivu capital Goma on August 30, 2023, an area embroiled in arme...

10 Niger soldiers killed in 'terrorist attack' near Burkina Faso: army

Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)

As well as Tuesday's attack in the village of Petel Kole, social media was awash with claims that another savage assault had taken place in Chatoumane, in the s...

French fighter jets leave Chad: French sources

Dec 10, 2024 (AFP)

One of the sources said that two Mirage 2000D combat jets and a tanker aeroplane took off before 1230 GMT, a French source told AFP. A third took off later. "Th...

Air strike on market kills over 100 as fighting rages across Sudan

Dec 10, 2024 (AFP)

The Emergency Lawyers said the air strike on Monday also left hundreds injured in Kabkabiya, a town about 180 kilometres (112 miles) west of El-Fasher, the stat...

Air strike on Khartoum mosque kills 7: Sudan lawyers' group

Dec 06, 2024 (AFP)

Friday's attack occurred on a mosque in Khartoum North, also known as Bahri, which has been under near-total control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (R...

Hundreds in Chad call for French forces to leave

Dec 06, 2024 (AFP)

Up to 500 people carrying placards that read "bar France" gathered at the N'Djari stadium draped in the country's colours, an AFP journalist said. "After 60 yea...

'Can't leave them to it': ex-child soldier urges help for Sudan kids

Dec 05, 2024 (AFP)

Since April 2023, the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed tens of thousands, and displaced almost 11 million -- amo...

In Angola, Biden promises to invest differently to China

Dec 04, 2024 (AFP)

Biden is on the second day of a visit to the African country, where the United States is showcasing a major infrastructure project aimed at countering China's i...

Biden hails 'game changer' Africa investment on Angola visit

Dec 04, 2024 (AFP)

On the second day of his trip to the former Portuguese colony, Biden said the "Lobito Corridor", a major railway route that should eventually crisscross the con...

E.Guinea lauds 'exceptional' ties with Russia

Dec 03, 2024 (AFP)

The comments came on the back of a visit by a delegation from the Russian defence ministry and also after two previous meetings this year between the countries'...

Gunmen kill 3 Benin soldiers near Niger border

Dec 03, 2024 (AFP)

"Four soldiers were also wounded and are receiving emergency care" after the incident Monday in the northeastern city of Malanville, the source told AFP, speaki...

Malian army kills members of new separatist alliance

Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)

The army said in a statement on Monday that it had "neutralised" eight men, which it described as "high-ranking terrorist operatives, during a large-scale opera...

Chad not seeking to 'replace' France after breaking military ties: president

Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)

General Mahamat Idriss Deby spoke after Thursday's announcement that Chad was scrapping a defence accord with the former colonial power, removing France's last ...

Angola hosts summit as Mali faces separatist conflict and Guinea Junta cracks down

Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)

Since 2021 the Kigali-backed and largely ethnic Tutsi M23 rebel militia has seized swathes of the eastern DRC, displacing thousands and triggering a humanitaria...

Human Rights Watch says Guinea junta repressing opponents

Dec 02, 2024 (AFP)

The authorities that seized control in the west African country in 2021 has "have cracked down on the opposition, media, and peaceful dissent, and have failed t...

Senegal marks 80th anniversary of troop killings after France acknowleges colonial 'massacre'

Dec 01, 2024 (AFP)

Heads of state from Mauritania, the Comoros, Gabon, the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, and France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot joined Senegal's President Bass...

With Angola trip, Biden fulfills his promise to visit sub-Saharan Africa

Dec 01, 2024 (AFP)

Biden, who will stay in capital city Luanda from Monday to Wednesday, will be the first US president to visit the oil-rich country since it won independence fro...

'Slap in the face': Chad stuns France with goodbye

Nov 29, 2024 (AFP)

N'Djamena's statement declaring its "decision to end the accord in the field of defence" on Thursday came only hours after a visit by French Foreign Minister Je...

Chad end to French military cooperation deal leaves questions

Nov 29, 2024 (AFP)

Chad has been a key link in France's military presence in Africa and its last foothold in the Sahel after the forced withdrawal of troops from Mali, Burkina Fas...