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Sudan army chief Burhan hosts Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
Ahmed's visit to the Red Sea coastal town of Port Sudan -- currently the seat of the army-aligned government -- is the highest-level state visit since the war b...
US troops leave Niger base at Niamey, German army to abandon Niger airbase
Jul 07, 2024 (AFP)
Niger's military leaders scrapped a military cooperation deal with Washington in March, after seizing power in a July 2023 coup. The United States had around 65...
Divided West Africa hosts two summits this weekend
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
Saturday's summit in Niger's capital Niamey, will mark the first between the military leaders of a new regional bloc, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Mali, ...
Sahel military chiefs mark divorce from West Africa bloc
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
The first summit of the three countries, who all pulled out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) earlier this year, also saw calls for grea...
Niger, Mali, Burkina 'irrevocably turned backs' on West African bloc: military leader
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
The comments came at the first summit of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), which coup-hit Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso set up after pulling out of the Economi...
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger sign 'confederation' treaty
Jul 06, 2024 (AFP)
The heads of the three countries, who took power through coups in recent years, "decided to take a step further towards greater integration between the member s...
Lawyers of Niger's Bazoum call on ECOWAS to demand release
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
Bazoum has been detained by the ruling military since he was ousted in a coup last July. The Niger authorities accuse Bazoum of treason, financing terrorism and...
DR Congo 'coup' suspect says forced into it by father
Jul 05, 2024 (AFP)
The alleged coup bid struck on May 19 when armed men attacked the home of Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe before raiding the building housing the offices of Pres...
Niger army says more than 100 'terrorists' killed after deadly attack
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
A coalition of armed groups killed 20 troops and one civilian in the region of Tera in jihadist-plagued western Niger on June 25, the army said. "More than 100 ...
Mali, Burkina, Niger junta chiefs to hold first summit Saturday
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
"Our country will be hosting on Saturday July 6 the first summit of the AES (Alliance of Sahel States) heads of state from Burkina, Mali and Niger," they said i...
China confirms citizens dead, missing after DR Congo attack
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
Local sources told AFP on Wednesday that a militia attack on a mining site in gold-rich Ituri province killed at least four Chinese nationals. Beijing's foreign...
Militia in eastern DR Congo kill at least four Chinese nationals: local sources
Jul 03, 2024 (AFP)
Several Congolese were also killed or injured in the attack, which some of the local sources attribute to a militia group, Codeco, claiming to defend the intere...
New row arises over fledgling Liberian war crimes court
Jun 30, 2024 (AFP)
The row is a fresh reminder that justice for victims of the country's civil wars remains still a long way off. President Joseph Boakai signed a decree on May 2 ...
Tunisian soldier dead in attack against patrol: ministry
Jun 26, 2024 (AFP)
"At dawn, a military patrol operating in Remada, which was carrying out its normal duties in the border buffer zone, was targeted by sudden fire from an unknown...
Guinea junta leader's ex-deputy dies in detention
Jun 26, 2024 (AFP)
Sadiba Koulibaly was sentenced by a military court to five years on June 14 for desertion and weapons offences in a trial his supporters denounced as trumped-up...
Five killed in clashes at Kenya anti-tax protests: NGOs
Jun 25, 2024 (AFP)
The military has been deployed to support police, who earlier fired tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and -- according to a rights group -- live ammunition...
Twenty-one die in Niger attack: defence ministry
Jun 25, 2024 (AFP)
"A coalition of terrorist armed groups" attacked security forces near the village of Tassia, leaving "21 martyrs including one civilian" and nine injured, the m...
Senegal tightens anti-Covid controls after Mecca deaths
Jun 24, 2024 (AFP)
Dakar suspects that a number of the some 1,300 deaths -- according to a Saudi tally -- are down to a respiratory syndrome ailment such as Covid-19, Health Minis...
Niger army says it killed 'influential' Islamic State fighter
Jun 23, 2024 (AFP)
The clash took place in the Tillaberi region in the vast and unstable "three borders" zone between Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Jihadist insurgents have staged...
AU 'strongly supports' Somali plea to slow troop pull-out
Jun 21, 2024 (AFP)
Al-Shabaab, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group, has been waging a deadly insurgency against the fragile central government in Mogadishu for more than 17 years. UN res...
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