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Mali Conflict Spreading To Burkina Faso, Niger
The conflict in Mali is spilling over to Burkina Faso and Niger, with a significant surge of attacks by extremist...
Macron In Mali For Diplomatic Push On Sahel Anti-Jihadist Force
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday threw his weight behind a planned Sahel force to fight jihadists on a...
Macron In Mali For Diplomatic Push On Sahel Anti-Jihad Force
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist...
France’s Macron Due In Mali To Back Sahel Anti-Jihad Force
President Emmanuel Macron is due in Mali on Sunday to consolidate Western backing for a regional anti-jihadist force,...
Why Are Sahel Countries Deploying An Anti-Jihad Force?
France has asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight...
EU To Give 50m Euros To New African Fighting Force
The European Union has agreed to give more than 50m euros to fund a new African joint military force in the Sahel...
EU To Give 50 Million Euros For African Force In Sahel
The EU is giving 50 million euros to set up a joint African military force in the Sahel region to fight jihadists, the...
French Forces Battle Militants In Northern Mali
French forces operating in northern Mali said Friday that they had taken "out of action" around 20 militants in...
Chad Blasts UN Report On Troop Abuses In C. Africa
Chad has strongly objected to a UN report accusing its soldiers of abuses in Central African Republic in an official...
Pakistan Buzkashi Game Faces Final Whistle
In a remote northern Pakistani valley surrounded by giant ice-capped peaks, villagers gather to watch a game of...
Rwanda Tops Africa’s Best Performing Institutions, Ghana Is 12th
Rwanda has been ranked as the country with the best performing institutions in Africa. The East African country is...
Former Burkina Faso President Named UN Burundi Envoy
A former Burkina Faso president, Michel Kafando, has been appointed the new UN envoy for Burundi, where efforts to end...
Niger Gold Seekers Dig Deep For Bullion Dreams
Arriving on motorcycles and donkeys, in cars, or even on foot, hundreds of people have flocked to a site in southern...
France Says ’20 Fighters Killed’ In Northern Mali
France says it has killed about 20 suspected fighters in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso. French Mirage...
French Forces Kill Militants In Mali Forest
France has deployed about 4,000 soldiers in the region France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured...
Around 20 Jihadists Killed Or Captured In Mali’s North
French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali's restive north where a French soldier was killed on...
Burundi Refugees Find Hope In ‘at Home’ Bar In Rwanda
Outside Rwanda's national stadium is a bar that has become a second home for Burundian refugees fleeing their country's...
Burundi Accused By WFP of Blocking A Convoy
The UN's World Food Programme has said Burundi has blocked an 10-truck aid convoy coming in from Rwanda, the Reuters...
Lessons of War –Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings Writes
This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the people of Rwanda whose...