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Mali army carries out airstrikes after militants announce blockade on fuel imports
Mali's military said it had carried out airstrikes in the gold-rich western region of Kayes after al Qaeda-linked militants took...
Read moreDetailsISIS-linked rebels kill over 50 at east Congo funeral
Allied Democratic Forces rebels with machetes and guns killed more than 50 civilians at a funeral in east Congo, the...
Read moreDetailsICC starts hearing on charges against Uganda’s fugitive warlord Joseph Kony
International Criminal Court judges on Tuesday began hearings to finalise charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. Legal experts say the...
Read moreDetailsEritrea accuses Ethiopia of amassing troops along border
Eritrea has accused Ethiopia of making threats and concentrating forces near areas along their common border. Eritrea’s information minister, Yemane...
Read moreDetailsM23 rebels recapture town in eastern DRC as peace talks stall
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23 rebel group has recaptured the town of Shoa in North Kivu province,...
Read moreDetailsDR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak three years after last
Democratic Republic of Congo declared a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday, three years after its last...
Read moreDetailsBoko Haram kills dozens in ‘house to house’ attack in Nigeria’s northeast, residents say
Boko Haram militants killed more than 60 people, including seven soldiers, in a nighttime assault on a village in northeastern...
Read moreDetailsSouth Sudan returns deportee from the US to Mexico
South Sudan on Saturday repatriated a Mexican national who had been deported to Juba by the United States in July,...
Read moreDetailsLand quarrels in rebel-occupied Congo threaten Trump peace deal
Returning to land they fled during a violent advance by M23 rebels, some farmers in eastern Congo have had an...
Read moreDetailsUS, African Union attend second oversight committee meeting for Congo-Rwanda peace deal
Qatar, United States, Togo and the African Union Commission participated in the second joint oversight committee meeting for the peace...
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