Troops

African Union troops complete new phase of Somalia pullout plan

Nairobi — The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab jihadists are waging an insurgency, said on Friday... Read more

3 Feb, 2024

Niamey — The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, in the latest blow to more than a... Read more

23 Dec, 2023

Bamako – An Ivory Coast delegation arrived in Mali on Thursday for talks on a five-month-old row sparked by... Read more

23 Dec, 2022

Nairobi – Kenya’s parliament has approved the deployment of more than 900 troops to the conflict-wracked east of the... Read more

11 Nov, 2022

Nairobi – Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on Wednesday that Nairobi was deploying troops to eastern Democratic Republic of... Read more

3 Nov, 2022

Abidjan – France on Tuesday offered its “full” support to the Ivory Coast in its bitter spat with Mali over... Read more

28 Sep, 2022

Abidjan – Ivory Coast has accused Bamako of “hostage taking” after its neighbour laid out conditions for the release of... Read more

12 Sep, 2022

Niamey – Niger’s MPs will on Friday for the first time debate the presence of foreign forces fighting jihadists in the... Read more

23 Apr, 2022

Niamey – Six Niger soldiers have been killed in a “terrorist” attack in the southwest of the country, near... Read more

27 Mar, 2022