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160 UN peacekeepers desert Mali posts: military

Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)

A group of 160 Chadian troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali have deserted their posts in a dispute over pay and conditions, a military sour...

Uganda suspends 24 officers over Somalia corruption

Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)

Uganda said Monday it had suspended 24 of its army officers, who were part of a UN-mandated force battling Al-Qaeda linked rebels in Somalia, over corruption al...

Mali ministers met by hail of stones in Tuareg stronghold

Sep 15, 2013 (AFP)

Youths affiliated to Mali's main Tuareg separatist group on Sunday tried to prevent a plane carrying three ministers from landing in their northern bastion of K...

Three Ivorian police killed in attacks

Sep 14, 2013 (AFP)

Three members of the Ivorian security forces have been killed in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Ivory Coast, in two separate attacks by armed gangs...

Summit in Colombia promotes cooperation in African diaspora

Sep 12, 2013 (AFP)

South Africa's former president, a NASA scientist and an Italian minister were among guests at a meeting in Colombia Thursday aimed at fostering cooperation bet...

West pressed hard for end to Congo war

Sep 11, 2013 (UPI)

The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Rwanda, protagonists in Africa's deadliest war, say they have made "significant progress" tow...

Nigerian troops kill 10 insurgents after air strike: army

Sep 11, 2013 (AFP)

Nigerian troops launched an air strike and later killed 10 suspected members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in a clash in the country's restive northeas...

Guinea-Bissau rules out amnesty for coup leaders

Sep 10, 2013 (AFP)

Guinea-Bissau's parliament rejected a bill on Tuesday that would have granted amnesty to the leaders of the latest of a long line of military coups last year, a...

Sudan bombs S. Sudan buffer zone position, kills 2: Juba

Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)

The Sudanese Armed Forces on Saturday killed two people when they bombed a South Sudanese army position close to the town of Jau, which lies in a buffer zone al...

Origin of state of ancient Egypt given new time line

Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)

Evidence shows ancient Egypt's transformation from a land of disparate farmers to a state ruled by a king was quicker than previously thought, researchers say. ...

Defence chiefs meet over DR Congo conflict

Sep 04, 2013 (AFP)

Defence chiefs and foreign ministers from Africa's Great Lakes region met Wednesday in the latest bid to end fighting in resource-rich eastern Democratic Republ...

Kenya looks east, signs $5-bn China deals

Aug 22, 2013 (AFP)

Snubbed by the United States and charged by the International Criminal Court, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has headed east and scored $5 billion (3.7 billion...

Kenyan soldiers kill al-Shabaab guerillas

Aug 22, 2013 (UPI)

An unknown number of insurgents were killed in fighting between Kenyan Defense Forces and al-Shabaab guerrillas in the Kenyan border town of Hulugho, local offi...

Mali court confirms Keita's landslide election win

Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)

Mali's constitutional court anointed Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as the country's new leader on Tuesday, confirming he had won the presidential election run-off with...

South Sudan arrests general for rights violations

Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)

A top army commander in the troubled new nation of South Sudan has been arrested over a string of alleged human rights violations, officials said Tuesday. Gener...

China's Xi vows stepped up health cooperation with Africa: Xinhua

Aug 16, 2013 (AFP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday promised further medical cooperation with Africa, state media reported, as dozens of health ministers from the continent ...

Keita wins by landslide in Mali presidential vote

Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)

Mali announced Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as its new leader on Thursday after confirming that the ex-prime minister had won a landslide victory in a presidential po...

Leader of 2012 military coup in Mali promoted

Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)

The soldier who led a coup that ousted Mali's government and paved the way for a sweeping Islamist offensive has been promoted, the government said Wednesday, d...

DR Congo colonel defects to M23 rebels with 30 men: army

Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)

An army colonel deserted the Democratic Republic of Congo's government forces with at least 30 of his men to join the ranks of the M23 rebels stirring unrest in...

Four killed in Ethiopian military plane crash in Mogadishu

Aug 09, 2013 (AFP)

An Ethiopian military cargo plane crash landed and burst into flames Friday at Mogadishu airport, killing four crew members, officials with Somali security and ...