Countries Mali resumes trial of Ivory Coast soldiers as deadline looms in row Bamako – The trial resumed in Mali on Friday of 46 Ivorian troops whose detention has sparked a diplomatic... Read more 30 Dec, 2022
Countries Ivorian troops face Mali trial as deadline looms in row Bamako – Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention by Mali triggered a bitter diplomatic row went on trial at a... Read more 30 Dec, 2022
Countries Gunmen kill three soldiers in revenge attacks in NW Nigeria Kano – Gunmen in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state have carried out a series of attacks this week on military targets,... Read more 8 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso soldiers jailed over 1990 student leader murder Ouagadougou – A Burkina Faso court has found three former presidential guards guilty of involvement in the 1990 murder of... Read more 22 Sep, 2022
Burkina Faso 11 soldiers killed, 50 missing after jihadist attack, Burkina Faso says Ouagadougou – Eleven soldiers died and around 50 civilians were missing after a suspected jihadist attack in Burkina Faso’s... Read more 29 Aug, 2022
Countries Ivory Coast troops held in Mali charged Bamako – Dozens of Ivorian soldiers held in Mali and accused of being mercenaries have been charged with attempting... Read more 15 Aug, 2022
Cameroon Troops kill nine civilians, including a baby, in breakaway Cameroon region Yaoundé – Soldiers killed nine civilians including a baby in one of Cameroon’s conflict-scarred anglophone regions last week in a... Read more 9 Jun, 2022
Burkina Faso At least 12 soldiers killed in east Burkina Faso attack, security sources say Ouagadougou – At least twelve soldiers were killed on Sunday in eastern Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists, security sources... Read more 21 Mar, 2022
Politics SA government seeks to deploy 25 000 troops to crush #Zuma unrest Johannesburg – The South African government on Wednesday sought to deploy at least 25 000 troops to curb the... Read more 15 Jul, 2021
Home SA soldiers, civilian held for allegedly transporting illicit cigarettes Police in Limpopo arrested two South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) members and a civilian last week after they... Read more 21 Jun, 2021