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The United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Mali said it had sped up a planned withdrawal from the town of Ber in northern Mali due to worsening security, as fighting in the area raised fears of a revival of a separatist uprising. Over the…

Tanzania has lifted the long-standing ban on night-time upcountry bus travel. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa in parliament, who highlighted that the ban, initially imposed in the 1990s, was a response to the…

Arrests have continued in the French overseas territory of Mayotte as part of Operation "Wuambushu" that has entered its second week. Some 1,800 members of the French security forces, including hundreds from Paris have been deployed for…

More than a thousand of people have gathered in Mamoudzou to renew their support for the security operation "Wuambushu" conducted by the authorities on the island of Mayotte and demand a halt to crime and illegal immigration. "The…

UN chief Antonio Guterres has called for Africa " for peace operation" to combat rising violence as the continent's leaders held their annual summit in Addis Ababa. Africa is reeling from a record drought in the Horn and deadly violence…

In Niamey, the Nigerien capital, reactions are mixed after the official announcement of the end of the operation of the French anti-jihadist Barkhane force, part of which has redeployed to Niger after leaving neighbouring Mali. Operation…

French President Emmanuel Macron has on Wednesday announced that France was ending its Barkhane anti-jihadist mission in Africa after over a decade, saying a new strategy would be worked out with African partners. The declaration came in…

East Libyan forces has said they lost two helicopters in a crash during a military operation on Sunday, after days of fighting with a formerly allied rebel group from Chad. The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern-based commander Khalifa…

A Tunisian citizen was found slain in the Slatnia region of Kasserine province in west-central Tunisia, Tunisian government said in a statement. "The cowardly terrorist operation was carried out in the province of Kasserine," according…