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France reducing diplomatic staff in Mali due to insecurity: ministry
Paris (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 France is reducing the number of its diplomatic staff in Mali due to a deteriorating security situation in the west African country which has been hit by a jihadist fuel blockade, a foreign ministry source said on Friday. "France continues to monitor the security situation in Mali closely," the ministry official said, asking not to be named. "In light of the situation, and following the example of several of its partners, it has decided to adapt its diplomatic and consular arrangements," the off ... read more |
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Niger junta taxes consumer imports to fund anti-jihadist fight as jihadist attack kills 10 soldiersNiamey, Niger (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 Niger's military regime has introduced new taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and other imports to help fund its fight against jihadists on its territory, authorities told AFP on Friday. ... more 
Pentagon chief calls on Nigeria to stop violence against ChristiansWashington (AFP) Nov 21, 2025 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu, urging Africa's most populous nation to take steps to curb violence against Christians, the Pentagon said Friday. ... more 
Sudan's parallel war on social media; Aid workers forced to 'choose who to save'Cairo (AFP) Nov 20, 2025 The war in Sudan is increasingly being fought on the battlefield of social media, where competing factions trade fake news, doctored videos and triumphalist propaganda, hardening divisions in a country already fractured by years of conflict, analysts warn. ... more 
Bitterness, disappointment grip Bissau-Guineans after coupBissau (AFP) Nov 27, 2025 Mohamed Sylla and his friends fled as fast as they could when gunshots rang out near Guinea Bissau's presidential palace Wednesday, marking yet another coup in the restive West African country. ... more |
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Mali media authorities suspend French broadcastersDakar (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Mali's media regulator the HAC has suspended French broadcasters LCI and TF1 over allegedly using "unverified statements and falsehoods" regarding jihadists in this Sahelian country, according to a decision seen by AFP Friday. ... more 
Google denies removing W.Sahara border for Morocco usersNew York (AFP) Nov 11, 2025 The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former's disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter, the company told AFP on Tuesday. ... more 
Kenyan prosecution welcomes detention of UK ex-soldier over woman's murderNairobi (AFP) Nov 8, 2025 Kenya's prosecution service on Saturday welcomed the detention of a British ex-soldier accused of murdering a woman in the east African country more than a decade ago. ... more
Central Nigerian town rebuilds religious trust in shadow of Trump's threatMangu, Nigeria (AFP) Nov 7, 2025 On a cool November morning, members of a local council in central Nigeria met religious leaders at the traditional ruler's palace to discuss religious harmony as US President Donald Trump revs up accusations of Christian persecution in Africa's most populous country. ... more 
Uganda kills 'herbalist' who attacked military basesKampala (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Ugandan authorities said late Tuesday that security forces had killed a "traditional herbalist" who reportedly led a coordinated attack on police and military bases over the weekend. ... more |
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In Sudan, satellite images uncover atrocities in El-Fasher
Cairo (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 Satellite images from Sudan have played a crucial role in uncovering the atrocities committed during paramilitaries' takeover of the last army stronghold in the western Darfur region. In an interview with AFP, Nathaniel Raymond of Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) said the aerial images were the only way to monitor the crisis unfolding on the ground in the city of El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. On October 26, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been f ... read more 
On Nigeria, domestic politics again shapes Trump's Africa agendaWashington (AFP) Nov 5, 2025 First pressuring South Africa, and now threatening Nigeria, President Donald Trump is letting US domestic politics steer his policy on Africa - boding ill for foreign governments hit with his fury. ... more |
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Responding to Trump, Nigeria says no tolerance for religious persecution Berlin (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. ... more
Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threatLagos (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 Nigeria on Sunday suggested a meeting between its president and US counterpart Donald Trump, after the US leader threatened military action over what he described as a threat to Nigerian Christians by jihadists. ... more
'Rounded up': survivors say Sudan's RSF detains hundreds near El-FasherPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 2, 2025 A young man from one of the towns outlying the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Hussein was one of hundreds of men and boys captured and held by paramilitary forces that have overrun the area. ... more 
Tanzania president wins election landslide after deadly protestsDar Es Salaam (AFP) Nov 1, 2025 Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has won a landslide election victory, official results showed Saturday, after key candidates were jailed or barred from a vote that has triggered days of violent protests. ... more
New satellite images suggest mass killings persist in Sudan's El-FasherPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Nov 1, 2025 New satellite imagery suggests that mass killings are likely continuing in and around the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, Yale researchers said, days after it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. ... more |
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