A Gabonese squadron halts to salute a French colonel at one of France’s last military bases in Africa which is now “shared” with the host nation and focused on training. The “Academie militaire” (Military Academy) sign at the entrance of De Gaulle camp in the capital Libreville has replaced “6th Marine Infantry Battalion”, the French army …
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Outside his bullet-riddled home in Sudan’s war-ravaged capital, Jamil Morjan stood with his hands raised in prayer for his mother’s soul over a mound of earth. There was no headstone — just a rough wooden plank marking the spot where his mother lay buried.”We couldn’t take her to a cemetery,” he told AFP, his bloodshot eyes …
South Africa beat Benin 2-0 on Tuesday to lead an African 2026 World Cup qualifying group by five points, but the advantage could be reduced for fielding an ineligible player last week.Teboho Mokoena helped South Africa beat Lesotho in round five four days ago, but should not have played as he had accumulated two yellow …
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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reassigned the head of the country’s army to the sports ministry, the presidency said, without elaborating on the reasons for the move.The sports vacancy became available this month after Kirsty Coventry became the first woman elected president of the International Olympic Committee, and the first African to occupy sport’s …
A Sudanese monitor accused the army on Tuesday of carrying out one of the deadliest air strikes in the country’s nearly two-year war, hitting a rebel-held town in the western region of Darfur.The Emergency Lawyers, a group of volunteer legal professionals, said “hundreds of civilians” were killed in an “indiscriminate air strike on Tora market …
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Boko Haram fighters disguised as herders killed at least 20 Cameroonian troops in a Tuesday morning raid on the Nigerian border town of Wulgo, local security sources and residents told AFP.Cameroonian troops are commonly stationed across the border in Nigeria as part of anti-jihadist operations around Wulgo, which is near the volatile Lake Chad — …
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Burkina Faso’s military rulers said Tuesday that they had dissolved a journalists’ association after it reported that two of its leaders who criticised the junta were taken away by police.Interior Minister Emile Zerbo accused the Burkina Journalists’ Association (AJB) of breaching a 2015 administrative regulation.”In the eyes of the law, there is no (such) association,” …
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Mozambicans voiced hope Tuesday after opposition leader Venancio Mondlane said he and President Daniel Chapo had agreed to “end all violence” following months of deadly clashes over election results. Mondlane met Chapo on Sunday and declared the following evening that the pair had started a “dialogue” and reached a consensus to end “all types of …
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The waters of Senegal’s Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge — and businessfolk and tourists are thrilled.No sooner had the news hit social media when Julie Barrilliot, 20, bought a plane ticket to fly over from France.Widely known as the “Pink Lake,” Retba …
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Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump’s aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the tiny southern African kingdom warned ahead of a trip to Europe on Wednesday. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, Lesotho …
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