Bamako (AFP) - Mali's defence minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly was fired Saturday, officials told AFP, a day after jihadists briefly took control of a town in the country's centre. The decree nominating members of the government is revoked as regards Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, minister of national defence and veterans, an official communique sai ...

Bamako (AFP) - The Malian army Saturday regained control of a central town briefly held by jihadists, UN and Malian security sources told AFP, but the unnamed armed group allegedly left with a local official they were keeping hostage. Boni is home to several thousand people and was seized by unidentified jihadists on Friday afternoon until the e ...

Libreville (AFP) - Post-election violence in Gabon has claimed two more lives, sources said Saturday, after President Ali Bongo was proclaimed winner of last week's vote while main challenger Jean Ping claimed victory for himself. One of the two new victims was a policeman, the first member of the Gabonese security forces listed as killed in the ...

Lusaka (AFP) - Zambia's constitutional court gave the country's main opposition leader two more days Saturday to present a petition challenging last month's disputed re-election of President Edgar Lungu. The court had on Friday gave Hakainde Hichilema, who was defeated in the August 11 vote, only two hours, prompting his lawyers to say they woul ...

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is following the evolving socio-political situation over the last few months in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with great concern. Protests have taken place in some regions following disputes over the allocation of farmland for development. The so ...

A major part of the largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in Africa has been completed, with more than 7.7 million people vaccinated in record time in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In less than two weeks, the campaign successfully reached the targeted population of Kinshasa, mo ...

Libreville (AFP) - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping on Friday declared himself the rightful president and called for a vote recount, days after incumbent Ali Bongo was declared the winner of a weekend election which has sparked deadly violence. I am the president, Ping told a press conference at his home in Libreville late Friday, calling for ...