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Aug 29, 2012 (UPI)

The Uganda People's Defense Forces has captured munitions from insurgent group Lord Resistance Army munitions in the Central African Republic. In 2009 Ugandan m...

EU warns 'response' on Gambia executions

Aug 28, 2012 (UPI)

The European Union has threatened "an appropriate response" against Gambia in the wake of reports of executions carried out by the country's government. EU High...

AMISOM troops retake Somalia's Marka port

Aug 28, 2012 (UPI)

Somali and African Union AMISOM forces have retaken Somalia's coastal city Marka from al-Shabaab militants. "We have taken Marka, we entered alongside the Somal...

Sudan, South Sudan dispute Abyei region

Aug 27, 2012 (UPI)

South Sudan has accused Sudan of "deliberately" keeping troops in the disputed Abyei region and claims Khartoum intends to provoke armed conflict. "They continu...

U.S. AFRICOM wants more guard partnerships

Aug 23, 2012 (UPI)

U.S. Army Gen. Carter F. Ham, the commander of the U.S. Africa Command, wants more U.S. National Guard partnerships with Africa. "The State Partnership Program ...

South Sudan's military chief Paulino Matip dies

Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)

Powerful South Sudanese military commander Paulino Matip, a longtime rebel warlord turned army chief, has died in hospital in Kenya, officials said Wednesday. "...

Kenyan, Ugandan troops battle al-Shabaab

Aug 20, 2012 (UPI)

The African Union Mission in Somalia's battle against Somali al-Shabaab militants continues. Uganda is contributing 6,500 soldiers to AMISOM, followed by Kenya,...

S.Africa police say mine killings were self-defence; 34 dead

Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)

South Africa's national police chief said Friday that her forces opened fire in self-defence after coming under attack by armed mine workers, leaving 34 people ...

Defence ministers meet on DR Congo

Aug 17, 2012 (AFP)

Seven defence ministers from Africa's central Great Lakes region have met in Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to try to tackle unrest there, a state...

South Africa's lion bones: Asia's new delicacy

Aug 16, 2012 (AFP)

Lion bones have become a hot commodity for their use in Asian traditional medicine, driving up exports from South Africa to the East and creating new fears of t...

Heavy fighting near Liberian border

Aug 15, 2012 (UPI)

Ivorian government forces have clashed with Liberian rebels near the countries' border. The fighting, which occurred in Liberia's Grand Gedeh County, began Mond...

Kenya keeps up search after Uganda army choppers crash

Aug 15, 2012 (AFP)

Kenyan emergency teams searched for a third day Wednesday for five personnel still unaccounted for after three Ugandan military helicopters crashed at the weeke...

Eight Ugandans survive army helicopter crash; two dead

Aug 14, 2012 (AFP)

Eight Ugandan servicemen walked away from their helicopter after it crashed in Kenya en route to war-torn Somalia while two soldiers were confirmed dead in anot...

CCTV: Africa's true image or China's strategic vehicle?

Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)

The countdown starts and the Kenyan news reader runs through the top headlines for the evening bulletin. In a few minutes he will go on air in Nairobi, broadcas...

'Very little' done on Mali military action: defence minister

Aug 13, 2012 (AFP)

Mali's defence minister said Monday that very little had been done to set up a possible military intervention by a West African force in the country's Islamist-...

Nigeria's Boko Haram now political issue

Aug 09, 2012 (UPI)

Nigeria's ACN wants President Goodluck Jonathan to convene a national conference on security. The Action Congress of Nigeria said it is concerned about the risi...

Once mighty, Somalia's army struggles to rebuild

Aug 09, 2012 (AFP)

As hundreds of Somali army recruits march haltingly around a dusty parade ground on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Ugandan officer Assa Mutebi admits that sometime...

NDPF doubts govt. can stop Boko Haram

Aug 08, 2012 (UPI)

An NDPF leader said he is doubtful of the Nigerian government's ability to contain Boko Haram. Niger Delta People Volunteer Force leader Alhaji Asari Dokubohas ...

Heritage listing spurs Congo park poaching crackdown

Aug 07, 2012 (AFP)

Home to lush virgin forest and thousands of elephants, gorillas and rare antelope, the Nouabale Ndoki national park in northern Republic of Congo was virtually ...

Zambian court charge miner with Chinese boss murder

Aug 06, 2012 (AFP)

A Zambian miner was charged in court Wednesday with the killing of a Chinese manager in a wage riot at a Sino-owned coal mine with a history of sometimes violen...