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G.Bissau army says coup bid over secret deal with Angola
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
The Guinea-Bissau army said Friday it launched a coup bid in the notoriously unstable west African state because of an alleged secret military deal signed by th...
Coup attempt in G.Bissau, attack on PM residence
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late Thursday, attacking the prime minister's residence, arresting politicians and taking over the ruling party headq...
DR Congo must arrest war crimes suspect: rights group
Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)
Congolese President Joseph Kabila's suggestion that he might arrest war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda was a positive sign, but the arrest should be carried out ...
Nigeria Islamists 'get looted Libyan arms'
Apr 12, 2012 (UPI)
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants appear to be gaining strength and firepower from an alliance with al-Qaida in North Africa amid reports dozen of them ar...
Foreign 'pressure' will not force Ntaganda arrest: DR Congo
Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila said Wednesday he would not order the arrest of war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda "under pressure" from the...
W. Africa must define scope of Mali intervention
Apr 10, 2012 (AFP)
Mali's regional neighbours are wary of sending a military mission to the chaotic nation without a clear mandate, after Islamist extremists and Tuareg rebels sei...
DR Congo leader visits region of army defectors
Apr 09, 2012 (AFP)
President Joseph Kabila arrived Monday in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the current home of an ex-warlord wanted by the world court and where hu...
DR Congo army hunts ex-rebel deserter
Apr 08, 2012 (AFP)
Troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo closed in on a former rebel colonel Sunday and were trying to disarm him, a military official said. Hundreds of membe...
Soldiers guard Malawi TV, radio: spokesman
Apr 07, 2012 (AFP)
Soldiers on Saturday took over security at Malawi's state radio and television in the commercial hub Blantyre to ensure a "peaceful transition" following the pr...
African turmoil boosts Sahel famine threat
Apr 06, 2012 (UPI)
The political upheavals that have swept Africa in recent months, especially Libya's civil war, have accelerated a food crisis in the Sahel, a drought-plagued, s...
Angola marks 10 years since end of civil war
Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)
Angola marked the 10th anniversary of the end of its three-decade civil war on Wednesday as President Jose Eduardo dos Santos unveiled a monument near the site ...
Angola's boom economy leaves many behind, 10 years after war
Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)
Luanda's ever-expanding skyline and its newly renovated bay-side promenade, complete with manicured lawns and imported palm trees, are proud emblems of Angola's...
Angola celebrates 10 years of end to civil war
Apr 03, 2012 (AFP)
Angola on Wednesday celebrates 10 years of peace after a devastating civil war, with parades and concerts hailing President Jose Eduardo dos Santos for ushering...
West Africa fears of drug terrorism links
Apr 02, 2012 (UPI)
Seizures of Latin American cocaine in West Africa, now a major oil-producing zone, has heightened fears that an alliance is emerging between the cartels and al-...
Regional group alerts troops after Mali fighting
Mar 31, 2012 (AFP)
West African states have put 2,000 troops on standby and called for international aid as rebels advance in northern Mali, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattar...
Bodies, destroyed tanks at scene of Sudan battle: AFP
Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)
Dead bodies and destroyed tanks lay in Sudan's southern oil centre of Heglig on Wednesday after government forces and South Sudanese troops clashed along the bo...
Mali coup leader trained with US military: Pentagon
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
Mali's coup leader, Captain Amadou Sanogo, attended at least five training courses with the American military since 1998, the Pentagon confirmed Tuesday. While ...
Walker's World: Africa old and new
Mar 26, 2012 (UPI)
Think of it as the old Africa and the new. In Mali, a military coup last week toppled an elected civilian government and soldiers went on a rampage of looting. ...
South Africa's 'Vietnam' war generating new debate
Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)
Many white South Africans conscripted to fight for the apartheid military in Angola still struggle to swallow the bitter pill that their battle landed on the wr...
Mali coup: Arab Spring spreads to Africa
Mar 26, 2012 (UPI)
Last week's military coup in Mali, triggered by a Tuareg rebellion and ignited by fighters and weapons from Libya, underlines how deeply the fallout from the ye...
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