ARTICLES RELATING TO WEST AFRICA

Armed gang kills 48 in Nigerian raid

2013-06-19 12:58

An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, an official says.

West Africa has world's worst piracy rate

2013-06-19 07:47

West Africa has overtaken Somalia as the world's piracy hot-spot with 966 sailors attacked last year, the International maritime Bureau says.

Kidnapped French sailor freed in Nigeria

2013-06-18 19:54

A French sailor who was kidnapped from a tanker in Togo has been freed in the oil-producing Niger Delta region of Nigeria after an army rescue, the military says.

Piracy surge endangering shipping

2013-06-18 16:54

Pirate attacks off West Africa's Gulf of Guinea have almost doubled since last year and threaten to increase the costs and jeopardise the shipping of commodities.

Mali July elections a bad idea: Analysts

2013-06-15 22:13

Although elections are essential to restoring democratic rule in Mali, analysts doubt that the troubled West African nation will be ready for national polls by the end of July.

Tanker missing off west Africa

2013-06-14 19:02

A French-flagged tanker has gone missing in piracy-plagued waters off West Africa, the International Maritime Bureau says, warning other ships in the area to be on guard.

Syria groups on list of child recruiters

2013-06-13 13:03

The United Nations has added Syria's main rebel force and three Malian militias for the first time to an annual "list of shame" of armed groups that recruit children.

Mali: Govt, rebels talks extended

2013-06-13 07:44

International mediators have failed to convince Mali's president to sign a deal with northern Tuareg rebels that would pave the way for nationwide polls next month.

Mali vote deal almost done

2013-06-12 19:09

Mediators in the Mali conflict have arrived in Bamako to get President Dioncounda Traore's approval of a deal with northern Tuareg rebels that would pave the way for nationwide polls next month.

Traore to be presented with peace deal

2013-06-12 15:40

The lead mediator in Mali peace talks has left the Ouagadougou venue to present a compromise deal to Malian President Dioncounda Traore in Bamako, a member of his delegation says.

Mali Tuaregs, Bamako on brink of poll deal

2013-06-12 07:53

Mali's rebel Tuaregs say they are ready to sign a deal that would pave the way for Bamako to hold nationwide polls next month.

Mali manual suggests al-Qaeda has missile

2013-06-11 22:33

A manual left behind in Mali suggests that al-Qaeda are training to use a feared surface-to-air missile.

Court: Case against Gbagbo can go ahead

2013-06-11 22:08

International Criminal Court judges say the crimes against humanity case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo can go ahead.

UN to deploy Mali force on 1 July

2013-06-11 07:43

The UN is preparing to deploy a new peacekeeping force in Mali as scheduled although the security situation in the north remains "complex and volatile".

Nigeria fake funeral attack - 11 dead

2013-06-10 18:24

Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists have stormed a neighbourhood in the restive city of Maiduguri, killing at least 11 people with weapons hidden in a coffin.

Mali situation is precarious - UN

2013-06-09 13:59

Armed groups in Mali continue to pose a serious security threat to the entire region while African troops forming the core of a UN peacekeeping mission deploying next month are not yet properly equipped, the UN chief says.

Mali culture damaged - Unesco

2013-06-08 08:00

A Unesco team says destruction to Mali's fabled Timbuktu is more alarming than initially estimated.

Ghana deports 100 Chinese illegal mining

2013-06-07 13:21

About 100 Chinese citizens arrested in Ghana for illegal mining will be deported next week but they will not face criminal charges, an immigration official says.

Mali reinforces position after fighting

2013-06-06 19:17

Mali's army reinforced its positions at Anefis, a strategic access point for the rebel-held town of Kidal, after a day of heavy fighting, military sources say.

Ghana detains 124 Chinese workers

2013-06-06 08:54

Police in Ghana have detained 124 Chinese workers suspected of illegally mining gold in the resource-rich West African country, the Chinese embassy says.

Malian army seizes rebel-held town

2013-06-05 14:38

The Malian army has seized the northern town of Anefis, following heavy clashes with the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad, a Tuareg rebel group.

Mali army, Tuaregs clash in north

2013-06-05 13:02

Malian soldiers have clashed with Tuareg separatists from the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad in a town of south of the rebel-held regional capital of Kidal, military sources say.

'Boko Haram, Ansaru are terrorist groups'

2013-06-05 09:08

Nigeria has formally declared the Boko Haram Islamist sect and Ansaru "terrorist" groups and issued a law to ban them, a presidential statement says.

Africa states to adopt anti-piracy code

2013-06-04 21:25

West African heads of state will meet to adopt a code to fight growing piracy in their coastal waters.

Mali troops deployed to key city

2013-06-04 18:38

Malian soldiers are heading to a key northern city occupied by Tuareg separatist rebels, who oppose the presence of the country's military or government there.

 

9 killed in Nigerian school attack

2013-06-19 07:47

Suspected Islamist militants have opened fire on a school in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Maiduguri, killing nine students, witnesses and a medical worker say.

Mali and Tuareg rebels sign accord

2013-06-18 22:23

Mali, which lost half its territory last year to rebels, has signed an accord with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's northernmost province.

Arms charges dropped against 8 Russians

2013-06-18 18:43

A Nigerian court dismissed charges against eight of 15 Russian seamen arrested in October for alleged illegal arms possession, but set a trial date for the others.

19 000 farmers driven from north Nigeria

2013-06-18 12:52

Officials say Islamic militants have driven 19 000 rice farmers from northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from working their fields.

Child soldiers jailed in Mali jails

2013-06-14 21:08

An investigation by Amnesty International has found that children as young as 13, who were recruited by armed groups, are now among the inmates crowding jails in Mali's capital.

French army finds explosives cache in Mali

2013-06-14 11:05

French soldiers have uncovered a workshop for producing explosives in northern Mali.

China miners' African gold rush tarnished

2013-06-13 12:05

Thousands of men travelled from rural China to seek their fortunes mining gold in west Africa - but now their dreams are in tatters with a wave of arrests and allegations of deadly violence.

Mali added to child soldier list of shame

2013-06-12 22:48

The United Nations added Mali to its child soldier list of shame, while it says that thousands of children have been killed in the Syrian civil war.

SA divers save man from horror fate

2013-06-12 17:42

A Nigerian cook has survived inside a 1.2m-high bubble of air in an upturned tugboat, until two South African divers eventually rescued him.

Easy riches draw Chinese to Ghana

2013-06-12 10:38

Porous borders, corruption and the chance of riches have helped draw illegal gold miners to Ghana from as far as China, prompting a crackdown that has so far netted over 150 Chinese, experts say.

Shooting breaks out near Niger base

2013-06-12 07:53

Shooting has erupted near a college for Niger's paramilitary police in a suburb of the capital, the minister of defence says.

Tuareg rebels ready to sign peace deal

2013-06-11 22:08

Rebels from Mali's minority Tuareg group are ready to sign a regionally brokered peace deal with the government, a source in their delegation says.

I Coast FPI-leader charged for plotting

2013-06-11 20:48

An Abidjan court has charged the youth leader of former president Laurent Gbagbo's party with plotting to destabilise the state, his lawyer says.

Mali mediators hopeful of vote accord

2013-06-10 16:06

Burkinabe mediators hosting talks between Mali's government and armed Tuareg rebels say they hope for an agreement to enable elections next month.

Mali holds talks with Tuareg rebels

2013-06-08 23:00

Malian authorities and armed ethnic Tuareg rebels have begun talks aimed at resolving the conflict in the north to enable planned nationwide elections to go ahead.

Gambia expels grocer, bans chicken legs

2013-06-07 22:34

The Gambia has banned the imports of frozen chicken legs after expelling one of the country's most powerful business magnates for stocking groceries months past their sell-by date.

Ghana to deport illegal Chinese miners

2013-06-06 21:36

A spokesperson for Ghana's immigration service says that 161 Chinese nationals, who were arrested for illegal gold mining this week, will be deported to China.

Drugs: Ghana airport security boss held

2013-06-06 14:01

The head of security at Ghana’s main international airport has been arrested in the US on charges of heroin trafficking, in the latest sign of a growing narcotics trade in west Africa.

Togo opposition hints at poll boycott

2013-06-06 07:39

Togo's main opposition parties say they would not register candidates for next month’s legislative elections as conditions for a fair vote are not in place.

Liberia's neglected mass grave

2013-06-05 13:02

A neglected mass grave in Liberia's Carter Camp speaks volumes about victims of the country's massacre and lack of justice.

War-scarred Liberia battles its 'demons'

2013-06-05 10:33

Elijah Rufus was 10 years old when a spiritual healer in the Liberian capital Monrovia doused him with chicken's blood and declared that he was possessed with demons.

Mali wants to deploy its army in Kidal

2013-06-04 22:34

Malian authorities are insisting on a military presence in the troubled northern city of Kidal before the country can hold presidential elections.

ICC rules Gbagbo case insufficient

2013-06-04 18:38

The prosecution has not presented enough evidence to try former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on charges of crimes against humanity, the ICC says.

Mali suicide bomber dies in failed attack

2013-06-04 17:17

A suspected Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up but caused no other casualties in an attack in the northern Malian city of Kidal, the bastion of Tuareg separatist MNLA rebels.

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