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WFP warns of 'catastophic conditions' in Somalia as funding dwindles

Oct 03, 2025 (AFP)

The Horn of Africa nation is among the most vulnerable to climate change, according to the United Nations, and in the last five years has experienced both the w...

'Dozens' of civilians killed in Niger airstrikes: witnesses

Sep 26, 2025 (AFP)

Niger has faced frequent attacks from Islamist militant fighters linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group, with the military junta in power struggling to ...

Algeria says army raid kills six militants

Sep 24, 2025 (AFP)

Authorities regularly report "terrorist" killings, often referring to armed Islamist groups that have remained active in the North African country years after t...

Clashes in DR Congo despite peace efforts

Sep 22, 2025 (AFP)

The violence comes despite parallel peace attempts backed by the United States and Qatar and after the late June signing of a peace accord between Kinshasa and ...

Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta

Sep 19, 2025 (AFP)

While present across wider west Africa, the powerful Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, known by its Arabic acronym JNIM, represents the greatest threa...

Zambian farmers sue Chinese mining firms over toxic spill

Sep 17, 2025 (AFP)

Millions of litres of acidic waste were released into streams, rivers and fields near the town of Kitwe, about 285 kilometres (180 miles) north of the capital L...

Paramilitary drones hit key sites in Sudan's south: army official

Sep 14, 2025 (AFP)

Since April 2023, Sudan has been gripped by a brutal war between the regular armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), killing tens of thous...

Suspected jihadists kill soldiers in Niger: sources

Sep 11, 2025 (AFP)

The attacks, which happened on Wednesday, struck in the Tillabri region, near Burkina Faso and Mali, where jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaida and the Islamic St...

African Union climate summit says forming mining coalition

Sep 11, 2025 (AFP)

Africa holds vast mineral wealth -- from the rare earths in conflict-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to oil-rich Nigeria -- but has struggled to capitalise on ...

Human Rights Watch urges Niger to protect civilians against IS attacks

Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)

Niger is ruled by a military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tiani, who came to power after a coup in July 2023. The country is facing deadly jihadist attack...

Mozambique forces killed 16 fishermen: conflict monitor

Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)

The incident off the northern Cabo Delgado province on Monday was reported separately by a local news platform but denied by a government spokesman. ACLED, an i...

Kony defence urges ICC judges to halt case

Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)

Peter Haynes said he had the "paradoxical mandate" of representing Kony's interests without having any way of receiving his client's instructions. The fugitive ...

S.Africa court jails 7 Chinese nationals for human trafficking

Sep 10, 2025 (AFP)

Africa's most industrialised nation is a magnet for undocumented migrants from across the continent, some of whom are lured into schemes in which they are held ...

African Union chief calls for more 'climate justice' funds

Sep 08, 2025 (AFP)

The African Union (AU), headquartered in Addis Ababa, is hosting its second continental climate summit from Monday to Wednesday. At the first summit in Kenya tw...

At least 60 people dead in Boko Haram attack in northern Nigeria

Sep 07, 2025 (UPI)

The militants struck the village of Darul Jamal, the location of a military base along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. The Nigerian Air Force said it killed 30 mil...

'Tears and pain' after deadly Sudan landslide

Sep 06, 2025 (AFP)

"The people lost everything," Francesco Lanino, operations director at Save the Children, told AFP via Zoom from Port Sudan after a team from the charity arrive...

Mali files ICJ complaint accusing Algeria of downing drone; Security tightened in Guinea after opposition protest calls

Sep 04, 2025 (AFP)

It said the drone, which was shot down in early April, was still in Malian territory, which would make the incident a violation of its airspace. Algeria has rej...

Sudan recovers 270 bodies after Darfur landslide: rebel group

Sep 03, 2025 (AFP)

Heavy rains triggered the landslip which almost wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the Abdulwahid al-Nur faction of the Sudan Liberation...

Landslide flattens Sudan village, kills more than 1,000: armed group

Sep 02, 2025 (AFP)

Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction ...

Landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing hundreds

Sep 02, 2025 (AFP)

Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the remote Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) f...