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COTONOU (Reuters) - At least one police officer was killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station in north Benin, an area affected by a ...

CONAKRY/OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Guinea's ruling junta on Monday signalled it might break a deadline to set out its plans to return to civilian rule, opening up the prospect of more sanctions from West Africa's political and economic bloc.

CONAKRY/OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Guinea's ruling junta on Monday signalled it might break a deadline to set out its plans to return to civilian rule, o...

NIAMEY — Niger lawmakers started debating on Friday a bill to approve the presence of more European special forces to help stem a jihadist insurgency across…

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) have agreed to set up a regional military force to try to end decades of bloodshed caused by militant activity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya said.

By Hereward Holland NAIROBI (Reuters) - The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) have agreed to set up a regional military force to try...

By Djaffar Al Katanty MITI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gum boots, white veil tucked under a builders hat, manning the micro hydroelectric plant she built to overcome daily electricity cuts in her town of Miti in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. She works around the clock with a team of nuns and engineers, greasing machinery and checking the dials of a generator that is fed from a nearby reservoir and lights up a convent, church,...

MITI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gum boots, white veil tucked under a builder's hat, manning the micro hydroelectric plant she built to overcome daily electricity cuts in her town of Miti in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

DAKAR (Reuters) -The United Nations is "extremely concerned" that Mali has prevented its investigators from visiting a town where local troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly killed hundreds of civilians, the world body said on Wednesday.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara appointed a slimmed-down government of 32 ministers on Wednesday, down from 41, keeping th...