Tag Archives: France
NIAMEY — A Nigerian warplane crashed in Niger on Monday, from where it was conducting military operations in neighbouring Mali, and the two pilots were killed, Nigeria’s army said in a statement. The fighter jet was part of Nigeria’s air … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Dargol, Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, France, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Niamey, Niger, Nigeria
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Source: France 24 Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected as chairman of the African Union in January. Since then, he has to deal with the war in Mali. After months of fighting, the country still needs the international community’s … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, African Union, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, France, Hailemariam Desalegn, Hailemariam Desalegne, IndepthAfrica, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Mali
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France’s embassy in Libya was hit by an apparent car bomb on Tuesday, injuring two French guards and bringing violence to the capital after attacks on foreign missions in the east. It was the first assault on a diplomatic mission … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, News, Nigeria, North Africa, South Africa, South Sudan
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Benghazi, diplomatic mission, France, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, North Africa, Tripoli
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Chad was supposed to be the backbone of the African-led force in Mali. And, until now, that’s exactly what it has been, providing the only African soldiers trained and trusted for combat operations in the tricky desert war against experienced … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Op-ed
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Tagged Central African Republic, Chad, France, Idriss Déby, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, United Nations
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Mali and its international partners need to seize the moment for national dialogue to forestall renewed political and security crises. Mali: Security, Dialogue and Meaningful Reform, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the situation in Mali after … read more »
Posted in Mali, Pan African News, West Africa
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Tagged Bamako, France, IndepthAfrica, International Crisis Group, Mali, Tuareg, Tuareg people, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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By Karafillis Giannoulis Diango Sissoko, the Malian interim Prime Minister has promised that elections in Mali will take place in July. Sissoko visited Gao in Northern Mali. This was the first visit by a senior government in the region since … read more »
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Central African Republic’s self-appointed leader on Saturday announced the creation of a new council that will choose an interim president, a move aimed at placating the international community after he seized power by force … read more »
Posted in CAR, Central Africa, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Associated Press, Bangui, Central African Republic, Djotodia, France, François Bozizé, IndepthAfrica, Michel Djotodia, United States
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Government of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) Ethiopia is battling to bring back more than three thousand artifacts scattered around the globe, a substantial part of its historic heritage. According to Wolde Darsema from the Heritage Authority thousands of historic items, ranging … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Axum Obelisk, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, France, Germany, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Italy, Lalibela
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By William Lloyd George Victory came swiftly for rebels in the Central African Republic. It took just three days of fighting for them to capture the capital Bangui on March 24. The constitution was quickly suspended, parliament dissolved, and the … read more »
BANGUI, Central African Republic: Rebels in the Central African Republic said they had seized the presidential palace in the capital Bangui on Sunday after heavy fighting was reported there. “We have taken the presidential palace. (President Francois) Bozize was not … read more »
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Tagged Bangui, Bozize, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, latest ethiopian news, Michel Djotodia, ndepthindepthafrica, news ethiopia, President of the United States, Reuters
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The group claims the brutal murder of Philippe Verdon, who was kidnapped from his hotel room in northern Mali in November 2011. Al Qaeda says it has beheaded a French hostage in reprisal for France’s military intervention in Mali, according … read more »
Posted in Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, France, French Armed Forces, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Sahel, Verdon
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A fifth French soldier has been killed in the country’s nine-week-old military campaign against Islamist rebels in Mali, the government said on Sunday. An explosive device went off under a vehicle carrying Corporal Alexandre Van Dooren during a search for … read more »
DAKAR — The son of former Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was given one month by the nation’s anti-corruption court Friday to explain how he had come by assets allegedly worth over one billion euros, judicial sources said. Karim Wade is … read more »
Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Cameroon and Nigeria from March 15 to 16, 2013. This visit falls within the framework of the French authorities’ wholehearted commitment to securing the release of our compatriots being held hostage in … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Nigeria, Press Releases, West Africa
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Tagged Cameroon, France, François Hollande, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Fabius, Nigeria, Paul Biya
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By Kayitana Ka Ruterandongozi opinion The French “intervention” in Mali to assist a national army that has been receiving counter-terrorism training from the USA since 2007 makes one wonder how competent their instructors are. Or is it that Malian soldiers … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged British Empire, Cecil Rhodes, East African Community, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Southern African Development Community, United States
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(Reuters) – France will not negotiate with gunmen claiming to be from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram who have taken a French family of seven hostage, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Jean-Yves Le Drian, local Nigerian newspaper, Mali, Nigeria, Reuters
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Djibouti opposition parties have joined forces to take part in parliamentary polls, ending a 10-year boycott. The BBC’s Ahmed Said Egeh in Djibouti city said voting was peaceful and had to be extended by one hour because of the large … read more »
Polls have closed in the tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, where President Ismael Omar Geulleh’s ruling party faced a strong challenge from an opposition coalition in parliamentary elections. No opposition lawmakers have been elected in Djibouti since its … read more »
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Tagged Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Djibouti Elections, Djibouti's Parliamentary Elections, France, Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Somalia, United States
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Joan Nimarko Although witnessed in the full glare of the international community, Mali’s descent into war appeared remarkable even against the backdrop of a volatile sub region. In little over a year, the country has plunged from rebellion, to coup … read more »
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Tagged African Union, Bamako, France, French Armed Forces, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Military of Mali, United States
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Nigeria (Reuters) – Seven French hostages abducted by suspected Nigerian Islamist militants have probably been separated into two groups and efforts are continuing to locate them, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. French, Nigerian and Cameroonian officials earlier denied … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, Dikwa, France, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Nigeria, Nigerian, nigerian newspapers, Northern Nigeria, Thursday
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(Reuters) – Seven French hostages kidnapped in Cameroon have been found alive in a house in northern Nigeria and are safe with Nigerian authorities, French television reported on Thursday. The hostages, four children and three adults, were captured by Islamist … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, french hostages freed, french hostages in niger, french hostages news, Islamism, niger kidnapping, Nigeria, Reuters, Television in France, Waza National Park
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The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram was likely behind the kidnapping of seven French expatriates in Cameroon, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday. The three adults and four children were kidnapped early Tuesday in northern Cameroon, close to the … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Cameroon, France, François Hollande, IndepthAfrica, Laurent Fabius, MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Waza National Park
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By RDPC Since 1996, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been the scene of deadly clashes between different factions. There are many consequences: lack of state threats on the inviolability of national borders, destabilizing the Kivus, insecurity, war crimes and … read more »
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Tagged Congo, Cynthia McKinney, Democratic Republic Congo, France, Great Lakes, IndepthAfrica, Kivu, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States
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Leaders from the al-Qaeda-affliate Al Shabaab in Somalia on Friday reported that they killed a Kenyan soldier who they captured during one of the terrorist group’s cross-border raids. The capture and execution of the Kenyan is similar to a previous … read more »
Samir Amin I am one of those who out of principle condemn all military interventions by Western powers in the countries of the South, these interventions being by nature subject to the requirements of the deployment of control of the … read more »
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Tagged Algeria, France, French Armed Forces, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mali, persian gulf, Sahelistan, United States
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Somali militant group Al Shabaab say they executed a Kenyan army private at midnight on Thursday after the expiry of an ultimatum for the release of Muslims held by Kenya on terror charges. The Al Shabaab militants, who want to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somalia
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Moving well into the 1st quarter of 21st century, the global dimension for areas under influence of great powers has changed to a great extent. A review of international political spectrum reflects that a vacuum is either filled or exploited … read more »
After the US military heavily bombarded Iraq and crushed Saddam Hussain’s regime, then-President George W. Bush was quick to give his infamous “mission accomplished” speech in which he announced the end of major operations in Iraq. But little did he … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged African Union, France, Gao, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Iraq, Islamism, Mali, West Africa
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Gao: Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles have penetrated the most populous city in northern Mali, engaging soldiers in combat in a surprise attack two weeks after French and Malian troops ousted the jihadists. The attack in Gao … read more »
By Rohit Kachroo, Correspondent, NBC News TIMBUKTU, Mali — The lights are flickering in the hotels of Timbuktu. As night falls, the power is returning. Fleeing jihadists had cut the supplies. The television screens are switching back to life in … read more »
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