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Missile strike kills Islamist fighters in Somalia

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

A missile strike killed four Al-Qaeda allied Shebab rebels in war-torn southern Somalia, officials and witnesses said Friday, as the extremists are squeezed on ...

In Somalia, securing peace harder than seizing territory

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

The bullet-scarred hospital is basic but operational, the school is simple but has laughing children. Small successes for most nations; a major achievement in w...

Somali PM would 'welcome' air strikes against Shebab

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said Wednesday he would welcome European air strikes against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents in Somalia, as long as...

Kenyan troops make slow progress in Somalia

Feb 22, 2012 (AFP)

Draped in belts of bullets and carrying a machine gun, Kenyan soldier Philip Namanda peers out into the shimmering heat of the yellow scrubland of southern Soma...

Jonas Savimbi's charisma, brutality still haunt 10 years on

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

Jonas Savimbi, the vicious, charismatic rebel who fought Angola's socialist government in a 27-year civil war, died 10 years ago Wednesday, leaving behind a hau...

UN Council to increase Somalia force to 17,700

Feb 21, 2012 (AFP)

The UN Security Council will on Wednesday vote to increase the African peacekeeping force in Somalia to up to 17,000 troops, diplomats said. A resolution to be ...

Nigeria's Boko Haram on the rise

Feb 21, 2012 (UPI)

Nigeria's Joint Task Force in Borno state said it killed eight Islamic fundamentalist Boko Haram fighters in a shootout in northeastern Nigeria. Officials said ...

Soldier killed in fresh clashes in southern Senegal

Feb 15, 2012 (AFP)

A soldier was killed by presumed separatist rebels in Senegal's troubled southern Casamance region on Wednesday, a day after clashes left three troops dead, a m...

Sudanese air strike hits S Sudan, breaking pact: army

Feb 14, 2012 (AFP)

Sudanese warplanes dropped several bombs wounding four soldiers in a contested area claimed by South Sudan, breaking a fresh non-aggression pact between the two...

Nigeria army kills 12 suspected Islamists in flashpoint city

Feb 13, 2012 (AFP)

Nigeria's army has killed 12 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram Islamists during a raid in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the group's base, a military ...

Inter-ethnic fighting displaces 40,000 in Kenya

Feb 10, 2012 (AFP)

More than 40,000 people have fled clashes between two northern Kenyan tribes over access to water and pasture, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red...

Mali army tries to fend off Tuareg rebels as crisis grows

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Mali's army launched airstrikes Thursday to halt the advance of Tuareg rebels amid calls for a ceasefire and as clashes sent thousands fleeing to neighbouring c...

Chinese, Russian arms fuel Darfur abuse: Amnesty

Feb 09, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese-made bullets and aircraft bought from Russia are used to commit rights violations in Sudan's Darfur under an ineffective UN arms embargo, Amnesty Intern...

Explosion rocks military barracks in northern Nigeria

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

Two blasts rocked a northern Nigerian city Tuesday, including one targeting a military barracks, but the number of casualties was not immediately clear, officia...

S.Africa's strike-hit Kruger Park to hire retired rangers

Feb 07, 2012 (AFP)

South Africa's Kruger National Park is recruiting retired game rangers to replace its striking ranger force, a spokesman said Tuesday, amid a rhino poaching cri...