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Sudan Conflict: Egypt’s Military Escalation After the Fall of El‑Fasher
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Local Conflicts: State-Imposed Land Pact Struggles to Calm Tensions in Brakna, Mauritania
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Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan resume Nile dam talks
Sahel: French President makes pragmatic decision to step away from Niger
Niger and ECOWAS: The cost of collective punishment
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend ($)
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend
Leaders of Francophone Africa gripped by fear, strengthen their own security
Niger-France relations sour as pressure groups in Niger demand withdrawal of French troops
Thousands of demonstrators in Niger on Sunday held a third day of rallies calling for former colonial ruler France to...
Gabon’s new junta makes promises of return to civilian rule
Gabon's coup leader vowed after being sworn in as interim president on Monday to restore civilian rule through "free,...
Gabon: People waiting for junta to announce plan in coup aftermath
People in the central African state of Gabon awaited a steer on their future on Thursday after rebel army officers...
Gabon: Another domino in the French sphere falls, Gabon army ousts Ali Bongo
Rebel officers in Gabon announced Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali...
Sudan: Deadly violence grips Darfur
Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the...
Don’t expect Wagner to abandon Africa after Prigozhin’s announced death
Despite the reported death of the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Moscow has every interest in continuing...
How Sudan is imploding
War and hunger threaten to "consume" all of Sudan, where hundreds of thousands of malnourished children are at risk of...
Sahel: Humanitarian crisis unfolding along Chad’s border with Sudan with influx of new refugees
The UN said Thursday more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees had fled to neighbouring Chad since the conflict in Sudan...
Nigeria: New president starts job on shaky ground after nearly tripling fuel prices
By Alexandre Martins Lopes with Louise Dewast in Abuja and Aminu Abubakar in Kano: Commuting to work in Lagos,...
The collapsing Sudan
The UN on Monday warned more than 800,000 people could flee fighting and dire conditions in Sudan, where explosions...
Sudan: As military-men fight over power, Khartoum falls into chaos
Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting...
Sahel: Despite closing its borders, Chad sees hundreds of Sudanese soldiers flee into its territory
Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country's...
Africa: Competition between France and Russia over Africa is getting more violent
By Barbara Debou: On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in...
Africa: Troubled African nations say they want to restore some “democratic” order
By Hillary Orinde: The African Union insisted on Sunday it had "zero tolerance" for undemocratic changes of power and...
Major rift between Africa and west over Russia’s war on Ukraine
Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agriculture
Sahel: Millions of people face food shortages
Security: As Russia’s influence in Africa grows, EU wants to impose sanctions on Russian mercenaries Wagner
Africa: With terror groups intensely fixated on Africa, security outlook feels gloomy
US-Africa: Trump’s disastrous reputation in Africa
As they watched a violent mob smash into the US Capitol, some in Africa could not help but see a little irony in the...
Outlook: Can the country of Togo be a Jihadi hotspot?
Dapaong, Togo, May 21, 2020 (By Célia Lebur) - In a makeshift bunker of sacks of rice beneath a tree, heavily-armed...
Africa: Covid-19 is not alone, other diseases intensify health crisis in Africa
Lagos, May 19, 2020 (By Sophie Bouillon) - African nations grappling to contain coronavirus are scrambling to stop the...
Sahel: Terror groups in Sahel exploit Covid-19 to step up attacks
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 - UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in...
Sahel: Africom says it lost drone in Niger due to technical failure
Niamey, May 7, 2020 - The US military in Niger said Thursday they had lost a second drone in two months, both through...
Late in the game, Nigeria starts repatriating citizens stranded abroad
Abuja, May 6, 2020 - Nigeria on Wednesday was to start repatriating nationals stranded overseas by coronavirus travel...
Nigeria: Lagos ends lockdown despite expanding virus
Lagos, May 4, 2020 - Africa's biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus...
Nigeria: First man to be hanged in ‘virtual’ trial
Lagos, May 5, 2020 - A Nigerian court sentenced a man to death in the country's first ever virtual ruling during a...
Nigeria: Mass deaths in Kano possibly tied to Covid-19
Kano, Nigeria, May 4, 2020 - Mass deaths in a northern Nigerian state were caused by coronavirus, the authorities said...
Africa: How to pay a country’s debt with cows
Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment...
Africa reassesses its relations with China as Covid-19 exposes racial tensions
Abuja, April 14, 2020 (By Celia Lebur) - African countries are seething over accounts that Africans are battling...
Setback in fight against Boko Haram: Chad to withdraw from regional force
N'Djamena, April 10, 2020 - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has said his country's troops, who have been deployed...
Nigeria downgraded by Fitch Ratings
Abuja, April 6, 2020 - Nigeria has asked for $6.9 billion from multilateral lenders including the International...
Nigeria: Refugee camps in Nigeria facing a new enemy
Maiduguri, Nigeria, April 3, 2020 (By Audu Abba Kurama and Aminu Abubakar in Kano) - Men and women cluster around...
Sahel: French soldiers active in the Sahel test positive for Covid-19
Paris, April 2, 2020 - Four French soldiers deployed in the Sahel region of western Africa in France's anti-jihadist...