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What we know about Boko Haram leader Niger claims to have killed
Abidjan (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Niger's army has claimed to have killed Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Mahamadu, alias "Bakura", without providing evidence, prompting caution from experts and a denial from the jihadist group. After its founding in neighbouring Nigeria in the early 2000s, Boko Haram achieved worldwide notoriety by kidnapping more than 300 schoolgirls in Chibok, in the country's northeast. Much remains murky about Bakura's supposed death, which, if true, would deal a blow to the Islamists, whose insurgency has sp ... read more |
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Jihadists attack two military positions in MaliBamako (AFP) Aug 20, 2025 Jihadists have attacked two military installations in Mali, according to the army and other sources, with residents telling AFP Wednesday that both areas came under serious assault. The atta ... more 
'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plasticNairobi (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Using a crutch to bear her weight, 85-year-old Molly Aluoch trudges from her mud-walled room on the outskirts of a sprawling Nairobi slum, shouldering a sack of used plastic to exchange for a sh ... more 
Malians Flee Jihadist Attack, Guinea Suspends Parties, Burundi Arrests GeneralBamako (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 Many civilians have fled the town of Farabougou in central Mali following a jihadist attack this week on a military camp, local and military sources told AFP on Saturday. Soldiers also evacu ... more 
Evicted from their forests, Kenyan hunter-gatherers fight for their rightsNarok, Kenya (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Fred Ngusilo stoops to pick up a leather pouch, once used to collect honey, and a discarded shoe from the Mau forest floor, painful reminders that his Ogiek hunter-gatherer community once quietl ... more |
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Russia hosts first military meeting with Sahel juntas; Mali junta accuses foreign powers of destabilisation plotMoscow (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> Russia hosted its first official meeting with the heads of militaries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, Moscow's defence ministry said Thursday, as it seeks to increase its influence in the Sahel ... more 
Mali junta accuses foreign powers of destabilisation plotDakar (AFP) Aug 14, 2025 /> The authorities in Mali on Thursday said a French national had been arrested on suspicion of working for French intelligence services, and accused "foreign states" of trying to destabilise the c ... more 
Malnutrition in Sudan's El-Fasher kills 63 in a week: health officialPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 10, 2025 Malnutrition has killed 63 people, mostly women and children, in just one week in Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher, a senior health official said Sunday, as fighting between the army and rival paramilitaries intensifies in the western region. ... more 
Malian army roots out alleged anti-junta plottersBamako (AFP) Aug 11, 2025 Mali's junta has carried out arrests to quash an alleged plot to overthrow the government within the army's ranks, sources told AFP, but the circumstances of the detentions remain unexplained. ... more 
DR Congo-M23 talks taking longer than expected; ICC unseals Libya war crimes warrantDoha (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Talks on measures to build confidence between M23 rebels and the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of formal peace talks are taking longer than expected, an official with knowledge of the issue said Thursday. ... more |
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Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visit
Cairo (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first official foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries. Idris, a career diplomat and former UN official, is expected to hold talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to Sudan's state news agency SUNA. He will also hold expanded talks with his Egyptian counterpart Mostafa Madbouly and "discuss ways of enhancing bilateral ... read more 
UAE rejects Sudan claim it destroyed Emirati plane full of mercenaries; Sudan's PM in Egypt on first foreign visitDubai (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United Arab Emirates rejected on Thursday an announcement from Sudan's armed forces saying they had destroyed an Emirati plane ferrying Colombian mercenaries into the country to back paramilitary rivals. ... more |
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Thousands in besieged Sudan city at 'risk of starvation': WFP Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 Thousands of families trapped in a besieged city in war-torn Sudan's west are at "risk of starvation", the World Food Programme warned on Tuesday. ... more 
Peacekeepers and Al-Shabaab clash over key Somali townMogadishu (AFP) Aug 3, 2025 International peacekeepers are battling radical Islamist fighters to retake a strategic Somali town, the African Union mission in the country said on Sunday. ... more 
Senegal strengthens eastern gendarmerie amid Mali border threatsDakar (AFP) Aug 2, 2025 Senegal said Saturday that it is positioning new gendarmerie units in the east of the country as it faces growing security threats along its border with Mali. ... more 
Jihadists kill 'dozens' of soldiers and civilians in Burkina FasoAbidjan (AFP) Aug 1, 2025 Two jihadist attacks in northeastern Burkina Faso early this week killed "several dozens" of soldiers and civilians, two security sources and a local source told AFP on Friday. ... more 
Map Africa project to deliver continentwide geospatial data for 54 nationsSan Diego CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025 Esri has partnered with Microsoft and Space42 to launch the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year project aimed at building the most detailed and scalable geospatial basemap of Africa to date. The effo ... more |
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