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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...
Clashes in Port Sudan for first time since war began: witnesses
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
The conflict has raged since April 15 between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid ...
Victims of DR Congo anti-UN rally shootings buried
Sep 18, 2023 (AFP)
An August 30 crackdown by Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers on protesters demonstrating against the presence of UN peacekeepers in the country resulted in a...
Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger sign mutual defense pact
Sep 18, 2023 (UPI)
All three of the West African nations, which neighbor one another, have military governments that seized control in a coup conducted since 2020, with Niger's ci...
Zambia's president meets China's Xi in Beijing
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
China also holds huge stakes in Zambia's mining sector. Beijing had launched a major infrastructure drive including new airports, roads and energy projects befo...
Pentagon: U.S. has resumed ISR flight operations for force protection in Niger
Sep 15, 2023 (UPI)
The United States has some 1,100 soldiers stationed in Niger, which over recent years has grown as an important U.S. strategic partner in the Sahel region where...
Tragic Libya flood toll result of years of division: analysts
Sep 15, 2023 (AFP)
Wracked by conflict and division ever since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, the North African country is cur...
US military resumes surveillance flights over Niger
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
"We can confirm that US forces in Niger commenced ISR flights to monitor for threats for purposes of force protection," the US Africa Command spokeswoman said, ...
US approves most Egypt aid despite rights alarm
Sep 14, 2023 (AFP)
The $1.215 billion package marks the third straight year that President Joe Biden's administration has waived some restrictions imposed by Congress on aid to Eg...
Sudan conflict could become 'full-scale civil war,' U.N. envoy warns as he resigns
Sep 14, 2023 (UPI)
Volker Perthes has served as the U.N. Secretary-General's Special Representative for Sudan since early 2021, but was labeled persona non grata by Sudan's foreig...
'Finished here': A village vanishes in Morocco's quake
Sep 13, 2023 (AFP)
Her 25-year-old fiance Omar Ait Mbarek watched the digging Sunday with his eyes red and full of tears just kilometres from the quake epicentre in the Atlas Moun...
Tourists 'not going to let quake' stop Morocco trip
Sep 10, 2023 (AFP)
Tourism is the lifeblood of the North African country's economy, and Marrakesh is its main attraction. Friday's devastating quake which killed over 2,000 people...
Air raid kills 46 in one of Sudan war's worst attacks: activists
Sep 10, 2023 (AFP)
The bombing in the south of Sudan's capital came about a week after another air strike, also in southern Khartoum, killed 20 civilians on September 2, according...
Debt-ridden Zambia's leader to visit top creditor China
Sep 08, 2023 (AFP)
China, Zambia's leading creditor, holds huge stakes in its mining sector and has launched a major infrastructure drive, including new airports, roads, factories...
Mali junta carries out air strikes on 'terrorists'
Sep 07, 2023 (AFP)
"Preventive FAMa (Malian Armed Forces) air strikes followed by an airborne operation targeted armed terrorist groups, including a wanted terrorist leader," the ...
Pentagon: U.S. moving troops within Niger as 'precautionary measure'
Sep 07, 2023 (UPI)
"This is simply a precautionary measure," Sabrina Singh, the deputy Pentagon press secretary, told reporters during a press conference Thursday, adding that som...
Africa climate summit adopts 'Nairobi declaration'
Sep 06, 2023 (AFP)
"We march on with the Nairobi declaration," said Ruto, bringing the three-day conference to a close. He had pushed for a narrative shift in the talks, focusing ...
France discussing withdrawal of 'certain military elements' from Niger
Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)
There has been speculation that France will be forced into a full military pullout from Niger after the July 26 putsch, which ousted French ally President Moham...
Taiwan president heads to last African ally Eswatini
Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)
In a pre-departure speech, Tsai acknowledged support from Eswatini in the face of "many international challenges such as the expansion of authoritarianism" in r...
Military trial in DR Congo over deadly crackdown on anti-UN rally
Sep 05, 2023 (AFP)
The hearing began in the early afternoon in a court at a military camp in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, where the massacre occurred. Congolese soldi...
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