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Nigeria Christians threaten religious war
Apr 23, 2013 (UPI)
Nigeria is faced with the prospect of a religious civil war after southern Christian militants threatened to unleash a "crusade" against northern Islamists who ...
France hands Timbuktu mission to Burkina Faso troops
Apr 23, 2013 (AFP)
The French army handed over its security operation in the Malian desert city of Timbuktu to Burkina Faso troops on Tuesday, as part of a phased withdrawal from ...
Guinea-Bissau army ready to aid US drug probe: spokesman
Apr 20, 2013 (AFP)
Guinea-Bissau's military said on Saturday it was ready to help the United States investigate drugs and arms trafficking between the west African nation and Colo...
Radical Nigeria cleric rejects place on amnesty panel
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
A radical Muslim cleric on Thursday rejected his nomination by Nigeria's president to a panel studying an amnesty offer to Islamist insurgents, saying he does n...
Regional bloc to send 2,000 troops to stabilise C.Africa
Apr 18, 2013 (AFP)
Regional leaders on Thursday said they would boost their military force in the Central African Republic by 2,000 soldiers, in a bid to restore order as violence...
Zimbabwe deputy PM tells Africa to be tough on China
Apr 17, 2013 (AFP)
Africa must learn to dictate its own terms when dealing with China and stop blaming Beijing, apartheid or colonialism for its economic woes, Zimbabwe's deputy p...
Nigeria moves closer to amnesty offer for Islamists
Apr 17, 2013 (AFP)
Nigeria took a further step towards granting amnesty to Boko Haram Islamists on Wednesday, with the president setting up a panel to study how the offer should b...
Chad quits Mali war, French stick it out
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
Chadian President Idriss Deby says he's withdrawing his troops from Mali, where they have been helping the French battle Islamist insurgents. Paris, however, pl...
China invested $1.5bn in Algeria in a decade: envoy
Apr 14, 2013 (AFP)
Beijing has invested more than $1.5 billion (1.1 billion euros) over the past decade in Algeria, where 50 top Chinese companies and 30,000 workers are based, me...
Alleged drug lord seized, but Africa trade grows
Apr 11, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. agents have captured an alleged drug-smuggling kingpin who operated in Guinea-Bissau, a West African country Western authorities consider the world's only ...
Sudan defence minister sees 'end' to Darfur uprising
Apr 10, 2013 (AFP)
Sudan's defence minister, who is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur, said on Wednesday that improving relations with South Sudan will help to "end" a decad...
Jailed Sudan coup officers seek Bashir's amnesty
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Sudanese military officers jailed for a coup attempt want President Omar al-Bashir to pardon them as "political prisoners," the army said on Tuesday, highlighti...
Obama takes first step to selling arms to Somalia
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama took the first step Monday toward providing US military assistance to Somali forces battling Islamist militants, after the easing of a UN...
Thousands in Darfur seek protection after fighting
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of civilians in Sudan's troubled Darfur region have sought protection around peacekeeping bases after rebel attacks and "possible" air strikes, the mi...
Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief held on US drug charges
Apr 05, 2013 (AFP)
The former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau and four others were ordered detained in New York on Friday after being arrested for an alleged trans-Atlantic cocaine tr...
S.Africa pulls troops from C.Africa after deadly firefight
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
South African President Jacob Zuma, facing a firestorm over the deaths of 13 soldiers in a coup in the Central African Republic, said Thursday he was withdrawin...
Rebellion and revenge in South Sudan's Jonglei state
Apr 04, 2013 (AFP)
Nyaguol Bayak wants revenge: her three children were slaughtered when gunmen attacked in this remote and impoverished eastern region of South Sudan. Still reeli...
Uncertainty over S.African CAR deployment
Apr 03, 2013 (AFP)
A South African army spokesman on Wednesday said it was awaiting instructions to either withdraw or increase the number of its troops in Central Africa after 13...
S.Africa opposition wants troops out of Central Africa
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa's opposition said Monday it plans to lodge a parliamentary motion to force the government to immediately withdraw troops stationed in the Central A...
Rebels in DR Congo say UN peace brigade move is 'war'
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo hit out Monday at a move by the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping brigade to the country's restive east, saying...
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