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Mali tries top former officials over presidential jet purchase
Sep 24, 2024 (AFP)
The case is emblematic in Mali where the current military rulers came to power after a 2020 coup they said was aimed at ending corruption in president Ibrahim B...
Niger to step up measures against jihadist attacks
Sep 20, 2024 (AFP)
At least 12 soldiers have been killed and around 30 wounded since Sunday in a series of ambushes and explosions across the Sahel country, the army announced on ...
Jihadi attacks highlight Mali risks as rival militia kill scores in Niger and DRCongo
Sep 18, 2024 (AFP)
Targeting a military police barracks and a military airport, the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) group demonstrated its firepower on Tuesday in a c...
US military says withdrawal from Niger is complete
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
The United States had more than 1,000 troops in Niger as part of anti-jihadist missions in several Sahel nations of West Africa, including a major drone base, b...
Nobel winners demand jailed Niger president Bazoum's release
Sep 15, 2024 (AFP)
In an appeal published in French newspaper Le Monde, the signatories urged the army chiefs who overthrew Bazoum to release the democratically elected leader. In...
Tunisia fisherwomen battle inequality and climate change
Sep 14, 2024 (AFP)
Souissi began fishing as a teenager in a family of fishers off their native Kerkennah Islands near the city of Sfax, defying men who believed she had no place a...
Burkina victims' groups blame junta chief for massacre
Sep 13, 2024 (AFP)
The massacre that took place in the north-central village of Barsalogho on August 24 was one of the deadliest reported in the West African country, which has fo...
Imperilled Mali monument gets new lease of life
Sep 12, 2024 (AFP)
The collapse was a stark reminder of the threat posed by extreme weather events, which are expected to multiply in the coming years under human-induced global w...
Burkina junta failing to stifle rising jihadist violence
Sep 10, 2024 (AFP)
Junta chief Captain Ibrahim Traore, 36, seized power in the West African country in a 2022 coup, vowing to swiftly regain control over a nation plagued by jihad...
Hungary seeks foothold in restive Sahel as West pulls out
Sep 09, 2024 (AFP)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met Deby Itno over the weekend and further talks were underway on Monday, though no details have been released. Chad is ke...
China pushes smaller, smarter loans to Africa to shield from risks
Sep 06, 2024 (AFP)
Beijing for years dished out billions in loans for trains, roads and bridges in Africa that saddled participating governments with debts they often struggled to...
UN's Guterres says 'injustices' against Africa must be corrected
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
Guterres and more than 50 African leaders are attending this week's China-Africa forum, according to state media. Addressing the forum, Guterres told the leader...
China's Xi promises $50 billion for Africa over next three years
Sep 05, 2024 (AFP)
More than 50 African leaders and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are attending the China-Africa forum, according to state media. African leaders already s...
Xi hosts two dozen African leaders at China's biggest summit in years
Sep 04, 2024 (AFP)
China, the world's number two economy, is Africa's largest trading partner and has sought to tap the continent's vast troves of natural resources including copp...
DR Congo 'coup bid' verdict to be delivered September 13
Sep 03, 2024 (AFP)
Fifty-one people, including three US citizens, face charges over the incident, which began in the early hours of May 19 when armed men attacked the home of the ...
Five key Chinese Belt and Road projects in Africa
Sep 01, 2024 (AFP)
Africa is already a key Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) region, with Chinese companies signing contracts there worth more than $700 billion between 2013 and 2023...
African leaders in Beijing eyeing big loans and investment
Sep 01, 2024 (AFP)
China has expanded ties with African nations in the past decade, furnishing them with billions in loans that have helped build infrastructure but also sometimes...
Rwandan army retires or sacks 1,000 officers in reshuffle
Aug 31, 2024 (AFP)
President and army commander-in-chief Paul Kagame "approved the retirement" of General Jean Bosco Kazura as well as 1,162 military of various ranks, according t...
Nigeria's Lagos turns to waterways for green transport solution
Aug 30, 2024 (AFP)
What was once often a three-hour nightmare drive to work with a pre-dawn start and gnarly traffic has become a quick sprint skimming across the waters of Lagos ...
Germany ends military operations in junta-run Niger
Aug 30, 2024 (AFP)
At the end of May, Germany and Niger reached an interim agreement allowing the German military to continue operating its airbase in the capital Niamey until the...
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