Africa

US hands 2 C-208 reconnaissance aircraft to Chad

The United States formally handed over to Chad two Cessna C-208B light reconnaissance aircraft intended to help its forces fight a jihadist insurgency

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Mali Tuaregs blame ISIS-linked group for third deadly attack on civilians in a week

Jihadists killed 17 civilians in an attack of “inexplicable horror” in northern Mali near the border with Niger, local militia groups said

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Dozens of casualties in surge of Central African Republic violence

Large protests continued after at least 16 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in clashes including between militia and security forces in the capital Bangui

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Suicide bombers kill dozens in northeast Nigerian market and mosque

Dozens of people were killed when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a mosque and a market in Mubi, northeast Nigeria, residents said.

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Sahel: Dozens of Tuareg killed on Mali-Niger border; 100 arrested, explosives seized in Burkina Faso

43 Tuareg were killed in attacks on Mali's border with Niger, while Burkina Faso authorities arrested 100 people and seized explosives near its Mali border

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Ivory Coast to send 450 peacekeepers to Central African Republic

Ivory Coast will send 450 troops to the Central African Republic to serve as peacekeepers in one of the United Nations' most demanding missions, the foreign minister said Thursday.

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France confirms special forces clashes with armed rebels in northwest Mali

A clash between French soldiers and an armed jihadist group in northwest Mali left three "terrorists" dead, an army spokesperson said, while local media reported injuries among French special forces.

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Central African Republic: Ex-Seleka militias regroup as president urges shift in UN posture

President Touadera said he wants the UN's Minusca mission to shift from peacekeeping to peace enforcement as militias regroup in the wake of a controversial military operation in Bangui

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Subservient sovereignty: How Libyan is the Libya crisis?

The international community shot itself in the foot by over-exerting its influence in Libya. Now Khalifa Haftar is sick and Libyans will suffer.

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Four killed as UN peacekeepers and militia clash in Central African Republic

Four people were killed in clashes between UN peacekeepers and an armed group in Central African Republic's southwest, an area spared much of the violence that has ravaged the country since 2013

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