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The European Union will pledge more than half a billion euros to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Tuesday. "Tomorrow we will...
At least five suicide bombers died in northern Mali on Friday in attacks aimed at Malian and Nigerien troops which failed to inflict serious casualties on their targets, a spokesperson for Mali's...
Mali will ask international donors for nearly €2-billion to help rebuild the country and try to halt a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked Islamists who were driven out of the major northern towns by a...
One of the most revealing moments of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visit to South Africa this week was when Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote – reputed to be the richest person...
Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France...
We are brought together here today by a special occasion; the launch of the South Africa Season in France.
As the South African government we are proud that we are taking more than 800 South...
North West Premier Thandi Modise was presented with a Special Recognition for her role in the Advancement of Peace and Women in Africa at the African Diaspora Awards held at the Intercontinental...
The UN Security Council unanimously approved on Thursday the creation of a 12 600-strong peacekeeping force in Mali starting July 1, which will be supported by French troops if needed to combat...
Mali's Tuareg separatist rebels dismissed French calls to disarm ahead of July elections on Wednesday saying they would fight to the death if Malian troops entered areas under its control,...
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Tuesday accused opposition parties of seeking to score political points from the death of South African soldiers in the Central African Republic (or CAR).
Diplomats said on Tuesday the US had dropped demands for human rights observers in Western Sahara, paving the way for a compromise that would allow the UN mission in the disputed territory to...
The South African deployment in the Central African Republic (CAR) which created a political firestorm at home, came to a precipitous end when President Zuma announced the forces’ withdrawal on 3...
France signalled on Friday it would push to modify a US proposal to the United Nations to allow UN peacekeepers to monitor human rights in the disputed Western Sahara before deciding which way it...
South Africa and Norway co-chaired an international conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Oslo, Norway. The conference gathered more than 200 participants from 84...
The nature of conflicts and security threats across Africa has been changing. In the 1970s and 1980s, interstate conflicts prevailed, and were dealt with through the use of power politics. Yet the...