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In CAR, diamonds are a rebel's best friend
Armed with rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles, Seleka rebels who ousted Central African Republic's president six weeks ago are ...
Zimbabwe's president: New tasks for Africa's spies
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe urged African intelligence services Monday to prepare for fresh onslaughts by foreigners and the continent's former ...
Tuareg leaders announce new group in northern Mali
Tuareg leaders in northern Mali have formed a new group which they say will aim to negotiate with the Malian government, as questions linger over the ...
Police: 39 killed in Nigerian ethnic clash
Police say at least 39 people have been killed in ethnic violence in a rural town in Nigeria. The attack happened Friday in Wukari, a town in ...
Shell CEO Voser to retire in 2014
Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Monday Chief Executive Peter Voser will step down in early 2014, and the company reported lower first-quarter profits in ...
Peace Corps volunteer dies in Ghana
A spokeswoman for the United States Embassy in Accra confirms that a Peace Corps volunteer has died in Ghana. Zainab Mahama declined to provide ...
Activists call for release of imam in Gambia
Activists in Gambia are calling on the government to release an imam who has been jailed for five months. Imam Baba Leigh has been missing since ...
France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali
French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video ...
A terrorist sleeper cell dismantled in Mali
Police in Mali's capital have dismantled a terrorist cell belonging to the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, or MUJAO, three officials ...
Cameroon's ruling party wins Senate election
The party of Cameroon's entrenched ruler Paul Biya won 56 of the 70 contested seats in the nation's first-ever senatorial election, the Supreme Court ...
German ship operator: Pirates kidnap 5 crew
A German shipping company says pirates have kidnapped five crew members from one of its ships off the coast of West Africa. Sunship Schiffahrtskontor ...
Guinea-Bissau acting president says elections soon
Guinea-Bissau's interim president pledged to hold elections before the end of the year. Interim President Manuel Serifo Mhamadjo spoke to the press ...
Official: 17 killed in northern Nigeria violence
A military official says at least 17 people have been killed in fighting between Islamic extremists and security forces in northeastern Nigeria.
France to slash 24K military jobs, seeking savings
France will cut a further 24,000 military jobs by 2019 as it faces up to its decades of deficit spending while still trying to maintain a force ready ...
Ivory Coast: We are "open" to investigating crimes
Ivory Coast's justice minister says the government is open to investigating top security officials accused by United Nations experts of raking in ...
French forces leaving Malian town of Timbuktu
Dozens of French forces have left the northern Malian town of Timbuktu several months after their military operation largely ousted radical Islamic ...
Lonely year for French president at time of crisis
The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy ...
UN extends peacekeeping force in Western Sahara
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to keep a U.N. peacekeeping force in Western Sahara for another year, but without a mandate to ...
UN approves peacekeeping force for Mali
The Security Council unanimously approved a new U.N. peacekeeping force for Mali on Thursday to help restore democracy and stabilize the northern half ...
Nigeria military: At least 11 killed in new attack
Authorties in Nigeria say at least 11 people have been killed in violence blamed on Islamic insurgents in the country's northeast. One attack happened ...
Guinea-Bissau convicts soldier for coup attempt
A military tribunal in Guinea-Bissau has convicted an army captain of leading a failed coup last year. Pansau Ntchama was sentenced on Thursday to ...