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G.Bissau junta leader promoted to highest army rank as Uganda army chief apologises X post
Bissau (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Guinea-Bissau's junta leader General Horta N'Tam has been promoted to the rank of major general - the highest in the country's armed forces, according to a decree he signed and published himself on Thursday. The army seized power in November just days after the country's presidential elections, overthrowing president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and suspending the electoral process. The junta said it was taking control for one year and appointed N'Tam - a close Embalo associate - as transitional pre ... read more |
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Anger mounts in Senegal over sanitary pad scandalDakar (AFP) Feb 4, 2026 Anger is mounting in Senegal over the alleged use of expired materials in sanitary pads and diapers by a leading Chinese firm, which denies any wrongdoing or bribery. ... more 
US expands military base in Kenya to boost regional securityNairobi (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 The United States has launched a $70-million runway expansion project at a military base in Kenya near the border with Somalia, aimed at boosting counter-terrorism operations in the Horn of Africa. ... more 
Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village threatened after recordhgainsSidi Bou Said, Tunisia (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 Perched on a hill overlooking Carthage, Tunisia's famed blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said now faces the threat of landslides, after record rainfall tore through parts of its slopes. ... more 
Jihadist attacks kill Nigerian troops as US ramps up strikes in SomaliaKano, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 At least nine Nigerian soldiers were killed and over a dozen are missing after IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military patrol in northeast Borno state, military and militia sources told AFP Tuesday. ... more |
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Nigeria turns illegal loggers, poachers into park rangersOkomu, Nigeria (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 James Leleghale Bekewei knows the Okomu forest well: he used to make a living illegally logging trees in the Nigerian national park. ... more 
Sudan paramilitary used mass graves to conceal war crimes: ICC deputy prosecutorUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces carried out mass killings in Darfur and attempted to conceal them with mass graves, the International Criminal Court's deputy prosecutor said on Monday. ... more
Sudanese put through 'hell' as advanced weapons fuel war: UN rights chiefPort Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 18, 2026 Nearly three years of war have put the Sudanese people through "hell", the UN's rights chief said Sunday, blasting the vast sums spent on advanced weaponry at the expense of humanitarian aid and the recruitment of child soldiers. ... more 
Egypt president thanks Trump for offer to mediate on Ethiopia damCairo (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday for offering to serve as a mediator with Ethiopia over sharing water from a Nile mega-dam at the centre of more than a decade of tensions. ... more 
Chad says seven soldiers killed in clash at Sudanese borderNdjamena, Chad (AFP) Jan 16, 2026 Chad said Friday seven of its soldiers had been killed in a clash at the Sudanese border, with an official blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group locked in a brutal civil war in Sudan. ... more |
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Uganda army denies seizing opposition leader as vote result looms
Kampala (AFP) Jan 17, 2026 Uganda's army denied claims on Saturday that opposition leader Bobi Wine had been abducted from his home, as counting continued in an election marred by reports of at least 10 deaths amid an internet blackout. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, looked set to be declared winner and extend his 40-year rule later on Saturday, with a commanding lead against Wine, a former singer turned politician. Wine said Friday that he was under house arrest, and his party later wrote on X that he had been "forcibly ... read more 
China offers extensive free-trade deal to KenyaNairobi (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 Kenya has secured zero-duty access for almost all its exports to China in a preliminary deal, its trade minister said Thursday, as Nairobi seeks to offset the impact of higher US tariffs. ... more |
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In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines' perilsKedougou, Senegal (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 Michel Tama Sadiakhou's future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is the fate of many in Senegal's far southeast, he now researches rare chimpanzees. ... more
US delivers 'critical military supplies' to Nigeria after Xmas strikesLagos (AFP) Jan 13, 2026 The United States on Tuesday said it had delivered "critical military supplies" to Nigeria after staging Christmas Day strikes targeting militants in the restive northwest. ... more 
Somalia cancels all UAE deals after Somaliland, Yemeni spatsMogadishu (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Somalia cancelled all agreements with the United Arab Emirates on Monday amid tensions over Israel's recognition of Somaliland and reports the Emiratis used Somali territory to help a Yemeni separatist flee his country. ... more 
Sudan paramilitary strike on southeastern city kills 27Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched drones at an army base in the southeastern city of Sinja on Monday, killing 27 people, military and health sources told AFP. ... more 
China opposes foreign interference in Tanzania: ministryDar Es Salaam (AFP) Jan 10, 2026 China's top diplomat on Saturday warned against foreign interference in Tanzania as he ended a visit where he avoided any mention of the political violence that has soured the East African country's relations with the West. ... more |
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