Security
Mali investigates soldiers over role in coordinated insurgent attacks
Malian authorities are investigating soldiers suspected of involvement in last week's coordinated attacks on army bases across the country by militants linked...
Read moreDetailsDRC: US sanctions Joseph Kabila over alleged M23 support
The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, accusing him of providing...
Read moreDetailsKremlin says Russian forces will stay in Mali as insurgents press attacks
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian forces would stay in Mali to help the military-led government battle insurgents as...
Read moreDetailsISIS-linked insurgents leave Mali town as army tries to reassert control
Malian forces are back in control of a town on the Niger border that Islamic State-linked insurgents entered this week,...
Read moreDetailsAmnesty urges Nigeria to investigate deaths in army-run camp, military says report baseless
Amnesty International called on Nigeria to investigate reports that at least 150 people, most of them children, had died in...
Read moreDetailsBurkina Faso ups security after Mali attacks
The ruling junta in Burkina Faso has tightened security in the capital Ouagadougou in the wake of coordinated attacks in its...
Read moreDetailsMadagascar detains French former serviceman over alleged mutiny plot
Madagascar has detained a former French serviceman accused of taking part in a plot to destabilise the Indian Ocean Island,...
Read moreDetailsNigerian troops kill 18 terrorists in northeast operations, military says
Nigerian troops killed at least 18 Islamist terrorists and destroyed several insurgent enclaves in coordinated operations across Borno state, the...
Read moreDetailsLast Kenyan officers leave Haiti as new international security initiative begins
The last contingent of Kenyan police officers has left Haiti, bringing an end to the UN-backed Multinational Security Support Mission...
Read moreDetailsMali leader says situation under control in first speech since attacks; France urges citizens to leave ‘as soon as possible’
The leader of Mali's military government, Assimi Goita, on Tuesday made his first public appearance since insurgents launched coordinated attacks...
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