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African Sahel reels from ever more frequent crises: UN
May 17, 2013 (AFP)
Floods and droughts are hitting Africa's Sahel region ever more frequently, making it increasingly difficult for vulnerable populations to recover from disaster...
'Massive' troop deployment in Nigeria's northeast
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
Nigeria's military has announced a "massive" deployment of troops to its restive northeast, after the president declared a state of emergency in areas where Isl...
SLeone, China sign huge infrastructure deal
May 16, 2013 (AFP)
China has signed $6 billion mining and construction deal with Sierra Leone, which the west African nation said Thursday would boost an economy still recovering ...
UN warns violence in South Sudan's Jonglei 'deteriorating'
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
United Nation peacekeepers warned Tuesday violence and looting in South Sudan's conflict-wracked Pibor region of Jonglei state were growing worse amid rebel and...
S.Sudan soldiers accused of looting spree
May 12, 2013 (AFP)
South Sudanese soldiers have looted UN stores and charities in troubled Jonglei state where the government has been battling rebels for a year, humanitarian sou...
Jihadists hunted in Tunisia 'former Mali fighters'
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
Jihadists being pursued by the army on Tunisia's border with Algeria are veterans of the Islamist rebellion in Mali, where France led an intervention to oust th...
Tanzanian troops head for UN mission to fight Congo rebels
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete bade farewell Wednesday to 1,280 troops off to join a new UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and...
Nigeria's Islamists boost military threat
May 08, 2013 (UPI)
A recent spate of coordinated attacks in northern Nigeria involving hundreds of heavily armed Islamist militants demonstrate that the insurgents have undergone ...
Deadly bombings hit drive to save Somalia
May 07, 2013 (UPI)
A series of bombings in Mogadishu shows that the Islamist al-Shabaab movement, allied to al-Qaida, remains a lethal force despite the loss of key Somali strongh...
Zimbabwe defence chief refuses to meet PM: report
May 05, 2013 (AFP)
Zimbabwe's defence chief and President Robert Mugabe's ally has vowed not to meet with the country's prime minister amid a row over proposed changes in the secu...
Tunisian army unable to find jihadists: ministry
May 04, 2013 (AFP)
Tunisian forces have been unable to track down jihadists hiding in the border area with Algeria, an operation in which 15 security force members have been wound...
Questions in S.Africa after Zuma's rich friends use military base
May 01, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa's military faced questions Wednesday over how a rich Indian family close to President Jacob Zuma was able to use a restricted military base to fly ...
S.Africa army death toll in Central Africa rises to 14
Apr 30, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa's death toll in last month's rebel coup in the Central African Republic has risen to 14 after the death of a wounded soldier, the army said Tuesday...
Sudan state declared rebel 'target' as aviation warned
Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)
Sudanese rebels on Monday declared North Kordofan state a target in a widening offensive, as parliament met to discuss weekend attacks on the region which had b...
Bouteflika stroke triggers Algerian crisis
Apr 29, 2013 (UPI)
The "minor stroke" that felled Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has plunged the government into crisis as it is being pushed into the forefront of counte...
China nears US in money to Africa: study
Apr 29, 2013 (AFP)
China committed more than $75 billion to Africa in the past decade, coming close to the level of US money although the nature of Beijing's support was far diffe...
Mali 'cannot have two armies': French minister
Apr 26, 2013 (AFP)
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday that Mali "cannot have two armies" in the rebel-held city of Kidal, calling for talks with armed Tuareg m...
Scaled down US-Morocco war games resume: embassy
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
Annual US-Morocco war games, cancelled by Rabat over a Washington-backed plan for the UN's Western Sahara mission, have resumed on a smaller scale after a compr...
S.African leaders at odds on C.Africa troop re-deployment
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa's president and his deputy contradicted each other on Wednesday on plans to re-deploy troops to the troubled Central African Republic, where 13 Sou...
Nigeria amnesty panel says talks possible with Islamists
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
The head of a panel set up to seek an amnesty deal with Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram voiced confidence Wednesday that members of the insurgent group could...
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