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Burkina still battling insecurity one year after coup

Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)

The interim president said at the time of the September 30, 2022 putsch that resolving "several small logistical problems" as well as "consideration" within the...

UN Security Council cautious over faster DRCongo peacekeeper pullout

Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)

Last week Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi called on the UN to speed up the pullout of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission that has been in the country for nea...

US defence chief chides coup leaders in Africa trip

Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)

During a trip to Angola, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Africa needs militaries that serve their citizens and not the other way round. "That will remain a ...

French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris after weeks of tension

Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met Sylvain Itte "to thank him and his teams for his work in the service of our country under difficult conditions," t...

Climate migration study launched in DR Congo capital

Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)

Representatives of African economic consultative bodies meeting in the DR Congo capital's Kinshasa heard the warning from Ahmed Reda Chami in his address to the...

Mali parties angry at junta for postponing presidential vote

Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)

The ruling junta on Monday announced a delay to a presidential election scheduled for February in the jihadist-hit West African nation. New dates for the voting...

Niger regime wants 'negotiated framework' for French army pull-out: statement

Sep 26, 2023 (AFP)

The new military regime, which overthrew Niger's democratically elected president exactly two months ago, said in a statement released overnight that the timefr...

Burkina Faso suspends French news outlet Jeune Afrique

Sep 26, 2023 (AFP)

Since taking power in a coup in 2022, the junta has suspended multiple TV and radio stations and expelled foreign correspondents, especially from French media. ...

Niger regime wants 'negotiated framework' for French army pullout

Sep 26, 2023 (AFP)

The new military regime said in a statement read out on national TV late on Monday that the timeframe for the pullout "must be set out in a negotiated framework...

French news outlet Jeune Afrique protests Burkina suspension

Sep 26, 2023 (AFP)

Since taking power in a coup in 2022, the junta has suspended multiple TV and radio stations and expelled foreign correspondents, especially from French media. ...

Mali's junta delays February presidential election

Sep 25, 2023 (AFP)

The two rounds of voting -- initially set for February 4 and 18, 2024 -- "will be slightly postponed for technical reasons", government spokesman Abdoulaye Maig...

Macron bows to inevitable in Niger with worst Africa setback

Sep 25, 2023 (AFP)

Macron had staked France's strategy in the Sahel region of Africa on the political future of President Mohamed Bazoum, making the country a hub for its forces a...

France withdrawing ambassador, troops from Niger after coup: Macron

Sep 24, 2023 (AFP)

Macron's announcement comes two months after a coup in the west African country that ousted the pro-Paris president. "France has decided to withdraw its ambassa...

Niger's rulers welcome news of French army pull-out

Sep 24, 2023 (AFP)

The statement came hours after French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris would soon withdraw its ambassador from Niger, followed by its military con...

Flood strengthens Libya's national fabric, volunteers say

Sep 24, 2023 (AFP)

In the war-battered north African country that has long been divided between two rival governments, the tragedy that killed thousands has sparked a nationwide s...

Guinea junta leader tells UN to 'stop lecturing' Africa

Sep 21, 2023 (AFP)

"Africa is suffering from a model of governance that has been imposed on us. A model that is certainly good and effective for the West, which designed it over t...

China, S. Africa space ties promise wide scope

Sep 20, 2023 (XNA)

Wang Yanan, chief editor of Aerospace Knowledge magazine, said that China wants to maintain and deepen its communications, exchanges and cooperation with other ...

French journalist released after arrest over report on Egypt spy operation

Sep 20, 2023 (AFP)

Investigative website Disclose published a series of articles in November 2021 based on hundreds of secret documents. It said they showed how information from a...

Children trek to tent school in quake-hit Morocco

Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)

His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre (nine-mile) walk from their remote village of Tinghar to the makeshift school set up in the small town of Asni, i...

DR Congo trial over shootings sparks questions, tension

Sep 19, 2023 (AFP)

Who gave the order, at what point and why did Congolese soldiers shoot to prevent an anti-UN protest in the city of Goma are key but as yet unanswered questions...