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Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso troops head to G.Bissau
May 18, 2012 (AFP)
A military force being deployed to stabilise Guinea-Bissau after an April 12 coup will be drawn from Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Senegal, the west African bloc EC...
Chinese firm not paying diamond proceeds to Zimbabwe: FM
May 17, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese diamond firm Anjin failed to remit revenue from its operations in Zimbabwe's controversial Marange fields in the first quarter of this year, Finance Min...
War-torn Somalia stages TEDx conference
May 16, 2012 (AFP)
Somalia's war-ravaged capital Mogadishu will host Thursday its first ever TED talks as part of efforts to showcase improvements in development, business and sec...
Algeria's political battle: Army v. spooks
May 15, 2012 (UPI)
Algeria's military-backed National Liberation Front, the aging heroes of the independence war against France 50 years ago, was the clear winner in parliamentary...
Refugees flee new clashes in eastern DRCongo
May 13, 2012 (AFP)
Scores of residents fled heavy fighting between government forces and army mutineers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, a local source told ...
DRCongo forces bomb mutineers in famed African park
May 12, 2012 (AFP)
Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched airstrikes Saturday against mutineers near the Rwandan border, where a rebel leader known as the ...
MSU plan would control deadly tsetse fly
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
For the first time, scientists have created a satellite-guided plan to effectively control the tsetse fly - an African killer that spreads "sleeping sickness" d...
British, Indonesia, Liberia leaders to head UN panel
May 09, 2012 (AFP)
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will lead a global panel t...
Mali crisis could threaten global security: UN refugee chief
May 07, 2012 (AFP)
The crisis in Mali could become a threat to global security if the international community does not help the coup- and rebellion-hit country, the head of the UN...
W. Africa bloc threatens coup leaders in Mali, G. Bissau
May 03, 2012 (AFP)
West African presidents on Thursday threatened tougher action against coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau who have resisted efforts to fully restore civilian...
Boko Haram targets media in Nigeria
May 02, 2012 (UPI)
Militant Nigerian Islamic group Boko Haram is threatening the nation's media. Boko Haram, which is formally known as Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad,...
Zimbabwe PM calls for reforms before election
May 01, 2012 (AFP)
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday called for peace and demanded political reforms before any election to replace a coalition government wit...
DR Congo army pursuing rebels after clashes
Apr 30, 2012 (AFP)
The Congolese army said Monday that it has launched an operation to reclaim territory lost after weekend clashes with rebels loyal to a wanted indicted war crim...
West African summit on Guinea-Bissau set for Thursday
Apr 28, 2012 (AFP)
Six west African heads of state will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau at a meeting in Dakar next week, the Senegalese government said late Friday. The pre...
Sierra Leone's gruesome 10-year civil war
Apr 24, 2012 (AFP)
The civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2001, unleashed by rebels from the notorious Revolutionary United Front (RUF), was one of the most atrocious in Afric...
Mali junta yet to return to barracks: groups
Apr 23, 2012 (AFP)
The soldiers who seized power in Mali last month have yet to return to their barracks despite a regionally-brokered deal restoring civilian rule, political part...
Stench of death in Heglig, where Sudan says 1,200 died
Apr 23, 2012 (AFP)
More than 1,000 South Sudanese troops died during the battle for Sudan's main oilfield of Heglig, the Sudanese armed forces commander said on Monday, as a stenc...
G.Bissau will 'defend itself' if foreign troops sent: junta
Apr 20, 2012 (AFP)
Guinea-Bissau's junta said Friday it would not accept the presence of United Nations troops in the country, after calls for a peace force to bring down the mili...
Diarra: launch of NASA scientist into Mali politics
Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)
Mali's new prime minister, Cheick Modibo Diarra, is an accomplished astrophysicist who worked on five NASA missions and became a US citizen, but said he never f...
ECOWAS council asks regional leaders to okay Mali force
Apr 14, 2012 (AFP)
The West African bloc ECOWAS has asked regional leaders to approve troops deployment to end the rebellion by separatist groups in northern Mali, it said Saturda...
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