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Niger PM blames US 'threats' for broken military ties
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
Niamey announced in mid-March it was ending a military cooperation agreement with Washington, shortly after a US delegation left the Sahelian country. Niger has...
EU concerned about 'post-election violence' in Chad
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
After the results were announced on Thursday, soldiers fired shots in the air in Chad's capital N'Djamena, both in celebration and to deter protesters, AFP jour...
Bid to end deadly cooking methods which stoke global warming
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
Some 2.3 billion people across 128 countries breathe in harmful smoke when they cook on basic stoves or over open fires, according to an International Energy Ag...
Portugal voices 'concern' at Russia-Sao Tome military hgcord
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
"As soon as we heard about this accord, we began consultations with Sao Tome authorities," Portugal's Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said in a late Thursday inte...
Advancing DRE through unified measurement standards
May 10, 2024 (SPX)
Africa faces profound impacts from climate change, but this story remains underrepresented in the media. Limited climate desks and a shortage of trained climate...
Chad troops out in force after junta chief elected president
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
Even before the official results gave Deby more than 61 percent in Monday's ballot, the presidential guard had parked many armoured vehicles on major junctions ...
New round of peace talks launched between S.Sudan, rebels
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Previously, talks between the government and a coalition of rebel groups -- which did not sign a 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war -- were b...
EU not renewing Mali military training mission
May 08, 2024 (AFP)
The West African nation has been ruled by juntas since back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021, with the military promising to hand over power through the ballot bo...
Kenya sanctuaries toil to save birds of prey from extinction
May 08, 2024 (AFP)
"There is still a long way to go before healing," Thomsett explains as he lifts up the bird's dark feathers and examines the injury. "It was injured in the Maas...
Namibian terrain captured by Copernicus satellite resembles Martian landscape
May 07, 2024 (SPX)
The image, a false-color representation captured using Sentinel-2's near-infrared channel in April 2024, emphasizes the sparse vegetation in the desert landscap...
Niger receives new Russian advisors, equipment
May 05, 2024 (AFP)
A first set of about 100 Russian advisors had arrived in Niger on April 10 along with air defence systems. Two military transporters arrived Saturday, according...
Russian troops deploy to Niger base housing US soldiers: Pentagon
May 03, 2024 (AFP)
Niger's junta, which seized power last July, said in March it was ending a military cooperation agreement with Washington, which has agreed to withdraw its troo...
Eight DR Congo troops handed desertion death sentence
May 03, 2024 (AFP)
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against 11 soldiers on trial in the same case, but the Goma court acquitted three of them, ruling that the charges agai...
Hundreds in Burkina protest US reaction to massacre report
May 03, 2024 (AFP)
On Monday, Britain and the United States said they were "gravely concerned" a few days after HRW published a report accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 pe...
Kenya names new defence chief after deadly chopper crash
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
He replaces Francis Omondi Ogolla who was among 10 military officers killed when their chopper went down in a remote area of northwestern Kenya on April 18. Kah...
Jihadists kill pro-government militia in north Mali
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
The attack took place in the town of Kadji in the outskirts of Gao, according to a police source reached by AFP. "It was the jihadists who attacked our position...
Crocodile hunting wanes but legends live on in DR Congo
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
Along the Congo River, such myths stay with the Banunu fishermen, even if their traditions and livelihoods are not what they once were. Michel Koko, known as Le...
US says still talking to Niger about army pullout
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
There were "still discussions ... between the US and Niger, the governing body there in Niger," General Michael Langley told a press conference. "Decisions will...
Burkina Faso says massacre report baseless
Apr 28, 2024 (AFP)
"The government of Burkina Faso strongly rejects and condemns such baseless accusations," communications minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo said in a sta...
US troops to leave Chad in second African state withdrawal
Apr 26, 2024 (AFP)
The US has approximately 100 troops stationed in Chad as part of its strategy to combat extremism in West Africa. "USAFRICOM is currently planning to reposition...
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