Plane with Guinean delegation crashes in Liberia
Eleven bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in Liberia, with Guinea's army chief of staff and top military officers ...
Islamic extremists attack Malian troops in Gao
Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous ...
Attackers kill 3 North Korean doctors in Nigeria
Assailants in northeastern Nigeria killed three North Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a ...
Senegalese official: 2 killed by land mine
A Senegalese official says a woman and her son were killed by a landmine Saturday in the southern Casamance region near the Gambian border.
Malian military battles militants outside Gao
Malian soldiers are fighting jihadists in their desert hideouts just outside Gao, the country's defense minister said Saturday, a day after a suicide ...
Near Timbuktu, 2 bodies show reprisal killings
The bodies are buried here, in the side of a dune less than a mile outside this desert capital, dumped out of sight in a forgotten and uninhabited ...
Senegal tribunal to try ex-Chad dictator begins
Senegal officially launched its tribunal investigating former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for alleged crimes against humanity on Friday, a move ...
Gunmen kill Nigeria women giving polio vaccines
Gunmen suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic sect shot and killed at least nine women who were taking part in a polio vaccination drive in ...
Locals: Mali suicide bomber tied to terror leader
A young militant who locals say had ties with terror leader Moktar Belmoktar blew himself up Friday near a military checkpoint on the outskirts of ...
Timbuktu mausoleums: Rebuilding takes money, mud
Mud, money and more security: The U.N.'s cultural agency said Friday that not much more is needed to help rebuild 11 mausoleums that Islamic ...
Africa pirates kidnap 3 sailors in Gulf of Guinea
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria and Cameroon attacked a ship and kidnapped three sailors, including two Russians, in the latest assault on shippers ...
Ex-US envoy: $17M French ransom funded al-Qaida
A former U.S. ambassador to Mali has alleged that France paid a $17 million ransom to free hostages seized from a French mining site — cash she said ...
Exxon Mobil gives Nigeria production warning
Exxon Mobil PLC has warned that it won't be able to meet its production forecast for Qua Iboe crude oil pumped from Nigeria due to pipeline repair ...
Mali: French troops begin withdrawal from Timbuktu
French troops began to withdraw from Timbuktu Thursday after securing the fabled city as they ramped up their mission in another northern Mali city, ...
French try to root out would-be jihadists at home
France, waging war against Islamist extremists in Mali, is on the hunt for would-be fighters at home, fearful that they will join militants in the ...
Blatter: Most Europol cases were already handled
Most allegations of match-fixing raised by Europol this week had already been dealt with, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Thursday. "Most of the ...
Woman in Timbuktu punished for forbidden love
The love story in this fabled desert outpost began over the phone, when he dialed the wrong number. It nearly ended with the couple's death at the ...
Stash of weapons, rocket rattle Mali town of Gao
Soldiers combing abandoned jihadist hideouts and sand-dusted streets for weapons have found industrial-strength explosives, raising the specter ...
French tanker, crew hijacked off Ivory Coast freed
A French tanker seized by pirates off Ivory Coast and its crew of 17 sailors have been released, its owner said Wednesday, though two workers suffered ...
Congress considers putting limits on drone strikes
Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill ...
Report: French may start leaving Mali in March
French troops may start pulling out of their anti-extremist operation in Mali as early as next month, handing over to a still-developing African force
International officials discuss UN force for Mali
International officials said Tuesday they are discussing the possibility of using a U.N. force to provide long-term security in the troubled African ...
Algerian border forces get shoot-on-sight orders
A high-ranking Algerian security official says troops guarding the country's border with Mali have been given shoot-on-sight orders against anyone who ...
For Mali amputee, Islamic extremist legacy lingers
The Islamic extremists in Mali came to Issa Alzouma's cell and brought him out to the public square they had renamed Place de Shariah. They laid him ...
2 soldiers killed in Nigeria oil delta attack
A military spokesman says two soldiers were killed in a shootout in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta involving a vessel operated by an Indian company
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