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West Africa
G5 Sahel meeting with France postponed after deadly attack in Niger
French President Emmanuel Macron and Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou agreed on Thursday to postpone to early 2020 a meeting of Sahel country leaders due to take place in France later this month, the French presidency said.The decision to postpone...
West Africa
France reviews military operations in Sahel, demand clarifications
French president, Macron on Wednesday demanded G-5 leaders dismiss growing anti-French sentiment across the region if they wanted France’s military to continue its operations against Islamist militants.France, the former colonial power, has the West’s largest military presence waging counter-insurgency...
West Africa
Islamic State affiliate in Mali claims responsibility for French helicopter crash
An Islamic State group affiliate claimed responsibility Thursday for a helicopter collision that killed 13 French soldiers earlier this week in Mali, while France said it will reassess its military operation in West and Central Africa after its deadliest...
West Africa
Jihadist crisis puts pressure on Mali political class
As Mali's gruelling jihadist conflict grinds on, many say military forces cannot be expected to do all the heavy lifting, and the country's fractured political class has to help.The country's problems are as much about poverty, ethnic divisions and...
West Africa
French defence minister visits Mali days after 13 soldiers died in helicopter crash
France’s Defence Minister Florence Parly arrived in northern Mali on Wednesday, two days after a helicopter collision killed 13 French soldiers fighting jihadist militants linked to the Islamic State group.Monday’s crash on a moonless night led to the heaviest...
West Africa
Black boxes from crashed French military helicopters found in Mali
French investigators have found the “black boxes” from the debris of this week’s fatal French military helicopter crash and authorities will soon start examining them, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.The crash occurred late Monday during an operation against...
West Africa
Two helicopters collide killing 13 French soldiers in Mali
At least 13 French soldiers have died after two military helicopters collided in Mali.The accident happened on Monday during a combat operation against jihadist insurgents in the African country.Six soldiers and six officers were amongst the fatalities, officials confirmed."The...
West Africa
Attack in eastern Mali: 13 more bodies discovered, 43 killed in total
The Malian army on Thursday discovered bodies of 13 missing soldiers after Monday's attack in Tabankort, near the Niger border, bringing the death toll from the operation attributed to jihadists to 43, sources close to Malian security security said.The...
West Africa
Islamic State claims attack in Mali that killed 30 soldiers
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 30 soldiers in Mali earlier this week, Associated Press has reported.A statement late Wednesday asserts that another 30 soldiers were wounded in Monday’s ambush.The statement mentions no...
West Africa
Mali solders suffer heavy casualty again; 24 killed, 29 injured
Twenty-four Malian soldiers were killed and 29 wounded when militants attacked a patrol in northern Mali on Monday, a spokesman for the army has said, updating an earlier death toll of seven.Mali is still reeling from an attack on...
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Russia calls for talks in Libya after Haftar calls on forces to advance
Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday called for dialogue between hostile groups to resolve the crisis in Libya, the Interfax...
Central Africa
Cameroon MPs debate autonomy for the Anglophone region
Members of parliament in Cameroon are debating whether to grant more autonomy to the country's Anglophone regions where thousands of people have died in...
North Africa
Omar al-Bashir’s wife summoned over finances
The wife of ousted Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, Widad Babiker, has been summoned for questioning over possession of land and bank accounts, Arabic-language website...
North Africa
Ex-Algeria PM elected president as thousands prepare to protest
Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected Algeria’s new president after a vote the authorities hope will end months of turmoil, but demonstrators who...
World News
UK’s Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Conservatives secure majority in British election
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain’s Parliament — a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election...