UN plane crash-lands in Mali, injures 11
A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the international organisation said, injuring...
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 16 in northern Cameroon
Suspected militants from Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least 16 people and wounded seven early on Sunday in a grenade attack on a camp...
West African leaders seek end to Mali political crisis
Presidents from five West African countries arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to negotiate an end to a political crisis that has rocked the...
Five African leaders in Mali to resolve political crisis amid ongoing protests
Five African leaders are set to make a fresh bid to end Mali’s political crisis on Thursday, following weeks of sometimes deadly protests demanding the...
Francophone community to vet Niger voter list
The world organisation of French-speaking nations is to scrutinise Niger’s electoral roll (voter list) ahead of crucial elections this year, President Mahamadou Issoufou’s office said...
Saudi-trained cleric emerges as driver of Mali protest movement
When five West African presidents arrive in Mali on Thursday to try to defuse a political crisis that has alarmed governments in the region and...
Two soldiers killed, five injured in Burkina Faso attack
At least two soldiers were killed and five injured in an attack Monday in eastern Burkina Faso near the border with Niger, security sources said....
Mali president tries to calm unrest with court dissolution
Africanews. Mali’s embattled president announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm the major civil unrest gripping the vulnerable African country,...
Insurgents kill eight soldiers in Chad
Frontera At least eight soldiers in western Chad were killed and many others wounded when their vehicle struck a landmine laid by suspected jihadists, security...
In Africa, lack of coronavirus data raises fears of “silent epidemic”
When the new coronavirus hit Tanzania in mid-April, President John Magufuli called for three days of national prayer to seek God’s protection from the scourge....