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DR Congo leader says defence top priority after rebel takeover
Dec 15, 2012 (AFP)
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Saturday vowed that defence would be a top priority for his government after the recent brief rebel take...
New Mali PM has 'respect' of US
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
The United States on Wednesday described the new prime minister of Mali as a man respected by US officials and urged him to move swiftly to form a new governmen...
New Mali PM crafts unity government to win back north
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
Mali's new Prime Minister Diango Cissoko started drawing up a new unity government Wednesday that could bring the consensus needed to launch a foreign military ...
UN, US lead condemnation of Mali PM's ouster
Dec 12, 2012 (AFP)
The UN and the US are condemning the forced resignation of Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, which Washington called a "setback" in the West African n...
Mali PM resigns after being arrested by troops
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra resigned on Tuesday, hours after he was arrested at home by soldiers acting on the orders of former coup leader Amado...
Mali crisis deepens as PM quits under pressure from ex-junta
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra quit Tuesday under pressure from former putschists opposed to a regional military intervention against Islamists cont...
US general in Nigeria after warning over African Islamists
Dec 11, 2012 (AFP)
A top US general visited Nigeria on Tuesday after recently warning that collaboration between Islamist extremist groups in the region posed risks Africa-wide as...
South Sudan soldiers kill 14 in volatile state: officials
Dec 10, 2012 (AFP)
South Sudan's soldiers have killed 14 people in volatile Jonglei, an eastern state that has suffered ethnic massacres, alleged disarmament-related abuses and re...
African Union, Somali troops capture Islamist stronghold
Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)
African Union troops and Somali forces seized the formerly Islamist-held town of Jowhar Sunday, wresting control of one of the largest remaining towns held by t...
10 dead after S. Sudan army fires on protestors: UN
Dec 09, 2012 (AFP)
At least 10 people have been killed after South Sudanese troops fired on demonstrators angry at officials moving the seat of local authority outside a state cap...
President's allies keep majority in Burkina vote
Dec 08, 2012 (AFP)
Parties backing Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore maintained their overall majority in legislative elections, provisional results showed, but the oppositio...
Pentagon says would serve a support role in Mali force
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
The Pentagon told Congress on Wednesday it would serve a support role as trainer and advisor should an international force intervene in Mali to counter Islamist...
Africa's vanishing savannahs threaten lions: study
Dec 04, 2012 (AFP)
Africa's savannahs and the lions that roam there are disappearing at an alarming rate as ballooning human populations deprive the big cats of their natural habi...
S.Africa hunters try to clean up image
Dec 02, 2012 (AFP)
South Africa's hunting industry has set its sights on growing its already booming business and on casting off its negative image. The country's abundant wildlif...
Ethiopia to stay in Somalia until AU takeover: PM
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
Ethiopian troops will remain in Somalia until African Union forces fighting Islamists can take over, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Wednesday, as he m...
Madagascar to probe rights abuses by security forces
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
Madagascar's government on Wednesday announced an international probe into allegations of rights abuses by its security forces during a recent crackdown on catt...
Algeria's ruling party eyes landslide in local elections
Nov 28, 2012 (AFP)
Algeria's ruling party is eyeing a landslide victory in local elections on Thursday, with numerous opposition groups warning of fraud in a poll that could strug...
Trial of army mutineers begins in Burkina Faso
Nov 27, 2012 (AFP)
The trial of soldiers implicated in a mutiny that rocked the regime of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore last year opened Tuesday in Ouagadougou, with ve...
DR Congo president sacks chief of land forces
Nov 22, 2012 (AFP)
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila has sacked the chief of land forces over UN accusations he runs a huge arms smuggling network supply...
DRC: M23 gains spark fears of wider war
Nov 21, 2012 (UPI)
Fears are growing that the seemingly endless war in mineral-rich Democratic Republic of Congo could expand into a regional conflict after the notorious M23 mili...
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