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Central African peace deal initialed, but contents still unpublished

The government of the Central African Republic and 14 armed groups took a further step towards signing a new peace…

Staff Writer With AFP

ISIS ambush in southwest Egypt injures 4 police officers

Four Egyptian policeman were injured in an ambush in the southwest of the country, a security source said, in an…

Staff Writer With AFP

Boko Haram ‘kill six’ in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa and Borno states

Boko Haram in Nigeria killed six people in a series of attacks in Adamawa and Borno states while the military…

Staff Writer With AFP

Burkina Faso and DC National Guard sign counter-terror partnership

The District of Columbia National Guard and Armed Forces of Burkina Faso concluded a formal partnership to develop the African…

Joanne Stocker

Burkina Faso: 14 civilians killed in attack in Yatenta near Mali border

The attack in the town of Kain in the Yatenta province bordering Mali, is one of the most serious recorded…

Staff Writer With AFP

Germany pledges €110 million to boost NATO battalion infrastructure in Lithuania

Germany will invest €110 million (US$127 million) in military infrastructure in Lithuania until 2021, its defense minister said on a…

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US gives control center to Niger for Boko Haram operations

The US turned over a communications and operations center to the Niger army to help the African nation battle Boko…

Staff Writer With AFP

Jordan to hold new talks on Yemen prisoner swap deal

Yemeni government delegates and Houthi rebels will reconvene in Jordan for a new round of talks to thrash out a…

Staff Writer With AFP

French Mirage 2000 jets strike vehicles that entered Chad from Libya

French Mirage 2000 fighter jets carried out air strikes to halt an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya…

Staff Writer With AFP

US withdrawal from INF treaty fires the starting pistol on a new arms race

Withdrawal from the Cold War intermediate-range nuclear missile limitation treaty serves under-pressure US President Donald Trump in several ways, Dr…

Michelle Bentley