Army

Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs

Bogota – Colombia is to deploy 400 soldiers to fight drug traffickers operating across its rural southern borders, after... Read more

29 Nov, 2022

Countries

Guinea parties boycott junta talks on return to civilian rule

Conakry – Guinea’s main political parties boycotted talks with military-dominated authorities on conditions for a return to civilian rule... Read more

25 Nov, 2022

Countries

Experts warn against bringing rebels into army to end DRC fighting

Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army once absorbed rebels into its ranks as a way to end... Read more

25 Nov, 2022

Countries

Mali peacekeeping force in the balance as countries withdraw

Niamey – A shadow has fallen over the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in jihadist-embattled Mali, one of the UN’s... Read more

20 Nov, 2022

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso police use tear gas to disperse anti-French demo

Ouagadougou – Security forces in Burkina Faso used tear gas on Friday to scatter anti-French demonstrators staging the latest... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Countries

Nigeria soldier kills aid worker, wounds UN pilot

Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Burkina Faso

‘Nothing to eat’: People starve in Burkina Faso town under jihadist blockade

Ouagadougou – Jihadists have dynamited bridges and mounted deadly attacks against supply convoys, blockading Burkina Faso’s northern town of... Read more

18 Nov, 2022

Countries