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Dozens killed after Nigerian army drone strike hits villagers
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
Calling the incident "disturbing", President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged one of its drones mistakenly stru...
Nigeria army drone strike accident kills 85 civilians
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday ordered an investigation after the army acknowledged one of its drones accidently struck Tudun Biri village as residents ...
Nigerian army drone strike kills, wounds civilians
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
Nigeria's armed forces often use air strikes in their battle against so-called bandit militias in the northwest and the northeast where jihadists are waging a 1...
Libya dismantles illegal gold mining network
Dec 04, 2023 (AFP)
The network, led by a Libyan man, was mining four large sites in the southern desert, said the Tripoli attorney general, which posted photos of the mines and se...
NGOs call for release of Burkinabe rights defender
Dec 03, 2023 (AFP)
Diallo was abducted Friday by several men in plain clothes outside government offices, the Citizens Coalition for the Sahel said. "Daouda Diallo was abducted by...
Heavy gunfire heard in south of Guinea-Bissau capital: AFP journalist
Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)
The national guard members on Thursday night freed Finance Minister Souleiman Seidi and Secretary of State for the Public Treasury Antonio Monteiro from police ...
Biden meets Angolan leader as US aims to counter China in Africa
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
"America is all in on Africa," Biden said during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. "Simply put, a partnership between Angola and America is more important...
Working at giant snail's pace a boon for Ivorian farmers
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
Considered a delicacy for their tasty flesh, the slime and shells of the giant snails are also used to make cosmetics. But nearly 90 percent of the West African...
Benin launches medals for troops as jihadists step up attacks
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
The move reflects Benin's struggle with spillover from conflicts in the Sahel where militants linked to the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda have stepped up att...
At least 40 civilians killed in Burkina jihadist attack: UN
Nov 28, 2023 (AFP)
Burkina has been caught since 2015 in a spiral of jihadist violence perpetrated by rebels affiliated with the Islamic State group and Al-Qaeda, which are also h...
Disease stalks Somali district ravaged by floods
Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)
Shukri Abdi Osman, a 34-year-old mother of three, is sheltering in a camp for the displaced in Dolow with her children, among around 700 families forced to flee...
Mali militants claim to seize military base, army denies
Nov 25, 2023 (AFP)
The Malian army, however, said it had repulsed attacks on bases in the Timbuktu region on Friday. Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) took control of t...
Mozambique's parliament backs increasing years of military service
Nov 23, 2023 (AFP)
The southern African country has been fighting a prolonged Islamist insurgency that has cast doubt over the development of large gas deposits discovered in its ...
IGAD 'optimistic' for future Ethiopia-Oromo rebel talks
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
The second round of peace negotiations between Addis Ababa and the OLA, a rebel group from Ethiopia's restive Oromia region, failed to reach an outcome despite ...
Ethiopia says Oromo rebel talks end without agreement
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
It was the second time Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and the OLA had sat down this year aiming to end a five-year insurgency in the restive Oromia regi...
'East vs West divide is untenable' Kenyan president says
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
"The East versus West divide is untenable and counterproductive, working against the interests of all of us," he told the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Fra...
Stampede kills 31 during Congo army recruitment drive
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
A prosecutor said he had opened an investigation into the disaster when several thousand youths descended on the Michel d'Ornano stadium on Monday night hoping ...
AU urges 'positive competition' from Europe on investment
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
AU chairman Azali Assoumani was addressing a meeting in Berlin of a G20 initiative aimed at mobilising more private, sustainable investments in African countrie...
Kenya resumes cargo rail services to Mombasa port
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
The Horn of Africa region has experienced intense rainfall and flash flooding linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon in recent weeks that has claimed dozens o...
Lure of migration snares Senegal's fishermen
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
Small-scale fishing has long been a mainstay of Senegal's economy and its communities along the Atlantic coast, but over-fishing, industrial competition and the...
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