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Deadly U.S. airstrike in Somalia marks jihadist dangers

Jan 27, 2013 (UPI)

A U.S. missiles strike that reportedly killed a senior commander of al-Shabaab, the Somali Islamist group linked to al-Qaida, indicates the organization remains...

Troops and drones to bolster new UN Congo peace bid

Jan 26, 2013 (AFP)

Eight African leaders will on Monday launch a new bid to calm eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the UN wants to send an 'intervention brigade' and sur...

S.Africa court freezes military transfer to Zimbabwe

Jan 25, 2013 (AFP)

A South African court on Friday froze a donation of military helicopters to Zimbabwe's army after the planned transfer sparked an outcry ahead of elections in t...

Outside View: Building a secure Somalia

Jan 25, 2013 (UPI)

The territory of the Federal Republic of Somalia has had perhaps the most turbulent statehood -- or marked lack thereof -- in modern history. Somalia has been a...

Mugabe calls for peace as VP Nkomo buried

Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used the funeral of his vice president on Monday to again call for peace and calm at upcoming elections. "We want peaceful el...

Eritrean troops besiege mutineers in Asmara

Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)

Eritrean army tanks besieged the information ministry in central Asmara on Monday after some 200 mutineers seized the building to call for political reform, dip...

U.S. frets it'll get dragged into Mali war

Jan 15, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. administration is worried about being dragged into France's military operations to block a jihadist offensive in Mali as Washington winds down the war ...

French marines in Mali wait for orders to join the fight

Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)

In a hangar at an airbase in Bamako, about 400 French marines, their kit lined up and ready, wait for orders to join the offensive against Islamist fighters in ...

Hollande, in Gulf, defends France's Mali offensive

Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)

French President Francois Hollande, on a visit to the Gulf, defended on Tuesday his country's intervention in Mali, saying it had prevented the African country ...

Mali Islamists flee bases, battered by French airstrikes

Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)

Islamist fighters in Mali fled their key bases as they were pounded by a fourth day of French airstrikes on Monday, seizing a small town in the government-held ...

African forces face daunting task in Mali intervention

Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)

African nations rushed on Sunday to deploy a 3,300-strong force aimed at helping Mali retake its Islamist-controlled north, but questions remained over how they...

Sudanese army claims it killed more than 50 rebels

Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)

Sudan's army claims to have killed more than 50 rebels in clashes in South Kordofan state, the official Sudanese news agency SUNA reported late Friday. Governme...

Central African PM dismissed after ceasefire deal

Jan 12, 2013 (AFP)

Central African President Francois Bozize on Saturday sacked his prime minister to comply with the terms of a ceasefire deal reached with a rebel coalition duri...

Foreign troops arrive in Mali: witnesses

Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)

Foreign troops and weapons were flown into an army base in Mali Thursday, witnesses told AFP, as the country's president asked France for help to fight Al-Qaeda...

Zambia bans lion, leopard hunting

Jan 10, 2013 (AFP)

Zambia on Thursday banned lion and leopard hunting to protect rapidly decreasing feline numbers for a burgeoning safari industry, despite criticism that it will...

NATO says no Mali plans, Compaore urges talks

Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)

NATO said Wednesday that it had not been asked to assist a military alliance in resolving the armed conflict in Mali as Burkina Faso's president pushed for rene...

Central Africa peace talks begin in Gabon

Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)

Three-way peace talks between the Central African government, a rebel coalition that conquered much of the country over the past month and the political opposit...

No C.Africa deal in sight as rebels demand president quit

Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)

Peace talks to resolve the Centrafrican rebel crisis were suspended until Thursday, with no settlement in sight after the rebels demanded that President Francoi...

Zimbabwe safari grabs could harm tourism, warns Germany

Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)

Germany warned Wednesday that takeovers of foreign-owned safari ranches by Zimbabwean politicians could jeopardise the country's co-hosting this year of a UN to...

Liberia starts troop pullout from I.Coast border: minister

Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)

Liberia's Defense Minister Bernie Samukai said on Tuesday that its troops have begun to withdraw from the Ivory Coast border, where they were deployed starting ...