Mali will keep fighting “terrorist groups” in the country until they engage in serious peace talks, the country’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has said. Despite continued French troop deployments, a.
By: Eric Ombok The United Nations said it plans to deploy more peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic diamond-mining town of Bangassou to stem a recent wave of violence. Almost three.
Ivory Coast’s government announced it reached an agreement with soldiers to end a four-day mutiny over pay that disrupted cities across the nation, even though some troops said.
By: Mohammed Adow World leaders will join UN representatives in London on Thursday at a conference on Somalia to discuss issues related to the country’s security and governance high on the agenda. Mogadishu, with.
By: Pauline Bax and Olivier Monnier West African nations are preparing to deploy a military force to counter a surge in ambushes and bombings by Islamist militants that more than.
A car-bomb blast hit the heart of Somalia’s capital Monday, killing at least five people and leaving 20 others injured, police said. The Al-Shabab group has claimed responsibility for the.
Almost a quarter century since the U.S. withdrew from Somalia after militiamen shot down two Black Hawk helicopters and special forces took heavy losses in a battle in the capital,.
Three West African countries, Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Guinea Bissau, have detained seven Chinese ships for fishing illegally and the boats’ owners could be subject to millions of dollars in.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has cautioned pilots, airline operators and Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) to comply with directives on the recent inherent danger associated with severe thunderstorms.
By: Alberto Dabo West African regional bloc ECOWAS said Tuesday, it was ready to impose targeted sanctions against those it deems responsible for blocking the implementation of a deal to.
