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Jailed Burkina army officer abducted day after release
May 29, 2024 (AFP)
Lieutenant-colonel Emmanuel Zoungrana, 42, was provisionally allowed to return home in the capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday by a military tribunal, a relative tol...
Nigeria jihadists kill around 30 in reprisal attacks
May 29, 2024 (AFP)
The attacks were the latest on fishermen or farmers in remote parts of northeast Borno state, where Islamist militants are fighting a long-running conflict that...
Kenya holds public hearings into alleged abuses by British troops
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
The British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK) is an economic lifeline for many in the central town of Nanyuki, where it maintains a permanent base, but soldie...
Rights group wants probe into post-coup 'killings' in DR Congo
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
Armed men attacked the home of the economy minister early on May 19 before moving on to the nearby Palais de la Nation that houses President Felix Tshisekedi's ...
Mali army says kills 'large number' of jihadists
May 27, 2024 (AFP)
Fighters from a group affiliated to the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM) "carried out an attack using two kamikaze vehicles and...
Sahel nations hold major army drill in west Niger: Niamey
May 26, 2024 (AFP)
The Sahel region has been plagued for years by rebels linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group. Five African nations -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger an...
Mali opposition declares transition govt in exile
May 25, 2024 (AFP)
It was the latest manoeuvre by the civilian opposition since Mali's military rulers failed to meet a March deadline to hold elections and hand over power to a c...
Burkina Faso military rule extended for five years
May 25, 2024 (AFP)
"The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024," Colonel Moussa Diallo, chairman of the organising committee of the national dialogue p...
DR Congo launches offensive against rebels in the east; Foiled coup risks inflaming tensions
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
Backed by "wazalendo" or patriotic militia, the army "launched the offensives early this morning May 22," said FARDC spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Guillaume Ndji...
Foiled coup risks inflaming DR Congo tensions, experts warn
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
The plot unravelled in the early hours of Sunday morning when armed men attacked the home of Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe before moving on to the nearby Palai...
Questions swirl a day after DR Congo 'coup attempt'
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
The coup bid took place in the early hours of Sunday outside the residence of Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe in the capital's northern Gombe area. The group the...
Fighting in Niger kills 7 soldiers, dozens of 'terrorists'
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
Suspected jihadists attacked a military position on Monday in Boni in the western Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said. Two people incl...
African Union 'strongly condemns' DRCongo coup bid
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
The DR Congo military said on Sunday it had foiled a coup bid near the offices of President Felix Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa involving "foreigners and C...
US to withdraw from Niger by mid-Sept; Niger blames US 'threats' for broken military ties
May 19, 2024 (UPI)
The withdrawal, which has already begun, is to be completed no later than Sept. 15, the U.S. Defense Department and Nigeria's Ministry of National Defense said....
Senegal PM questions French military presence
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
Addressing students at Dakar University on Thursday, Sonko also slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for turning a blind eye to political "persecution" in S...
Burkina loyalists rally after gunfire near presidency
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
Demonstrators gathered at a roundabout in central Ouagadougou, vowing to protect the rule of President Ibrahim Traore. Earlier in the afternoon, "there were sho...
Benin army kills 8 jihadists in north: military sources
May 16, 2024 (AFP)
The clash happened in a region where the country faces a growing threat from Islamist insurgencies across its border. Two military sources told AFP that the arm...
Warring parties must end Sudan communications blackout: NGOs
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
For over a year, Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have waged a war with each other, killing tens of thousands, displacing nearly nine million ...
US delegation discusses troop withdrawal in Niger
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
The Pentagon delegation, headed by Christopher Maier, assistant secretary of defence for special operations, was received by Nigerien defence minister General S...
Burkina calls national meetings to set next steps in transition
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
The landlocked West African nation has been run by a military regime since mutinying soldiers deposed elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore in 2022. Junt...
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