Nine dead in fresh Burkina violence: sources
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) - At least nine civilians have been killed in violent attacks in northern Burkina Faso, witnesses told…
4 years ago
West Africa
France, Sahel nations vow to step up anti-jihadist fight
PAU, France (AFP) - Laurence Benhamou and Marie Wolfrom France and its five partner nations in the Sahel region…
6 years ago
DFA: Two more Filipino seafarers kidnapped in West Africa
(Eagle News) -- Two more Filipino seafarers have been kidnapped in the latest piracy incident monitored by the Department of…
7 years ago
Macron sticks by plan for compulsory national service
PARIS, France (AFP) - Two decades after it scrapped its compulsory military service France will introduce a mandatory "national service" for all…
8 years ago
France hikes defense spending to hit NATO target
by Daphné Benoit Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - France on Wednesday announced plans to boost defense spending by more than 40…
8 years ago
Liberia, scarred by war and Ebola
MONROVIA, Liberia (AFP) - Liberia, which elects a new president in a run-off on Tuesday, is an English-speaking nation in West Africa…
9 years ago
Small percentage of people spread most Ebola cases: study
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Most of the people infected with Ebola in the West Africa epidemic that began in…
9 years ago
Liberia set to be declared Ebola free, ending West African epidemic
Liberia is set to be declared Ebola-free on Thursday (January 14) for the third time in a year as West…
10 years ago
West Africa presidents to travel to Burkina to mediate in crisis
West African heads of state are set to travel to Ouagadougou to reinstall the country's deposed interim leader in a…
11 years ago
Blast at Ghana petrol station kills 90 seeking shelter from storm
JUNE 5 (Reuters) -- An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana's capital killed around 90 people sheltering from a…
11 years ago
WHO admits mistakes regarding Ebola outbreak
GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted that it committed mistakes in handling the Ebola outbreak in West…
11 years ago
ISIS accepts pledge of allegiance of Boko Haram
In an audio recording, extremist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) said that it has accepted the pledge…
11 years ago
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