Witnesses confirm that Senegalese troops are moving toward the Gambian border from two sides as pressure mounts for Gambia’s president to step down. President Yahya Jammeh lost the December 1 election and initially conceded defeat but later said voting irregularities invalidated the ballot.

Senegal on Wednesday presented a draft resolution to the UN Security Council seeking support for Ecowas efforts to press Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh to step down, diplomats have said. But the text does not explicitly seek council authorisation to deploy troops to The Gambia to force Jammeh to cede power …

The ministerial meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers of France and Africa kicked on Friday in Bamako, one day prior to the 27th Summit Africa-France which will focus on issues on security, peace and economic opportunities in Africa. During the summit, in which more than 40 heads of state and governments …

General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army on Monday retook a district in Benghazi from Islamist militants after a clash that killed nine soldiers in two days, a military source said. “We now control the district of Abu Sneib” in the southwest of the city, a commanding officer in Haftar’s army …

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed during a meeting with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Conference on Sunday the importance of implementing the UN-brokered Skhirat agreement of 2015 as the cornerstone to restore stability in war-torn Libya, which shares borders with both countries. …

Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said on Saturday in Bamako Algeria is willing to accompany Mali in the phase of the implementation of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. “I would like to reiterate Algeria’s willingness to continue to support the timely implementation process of peace agreement,” said Sellal, who is …

French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that those battling jihad in Africa and the Middle East were like France part of “the same fight” against extremism. Hollande spoke ahead of a summit with African leaders in Mali with the fight against extremists, the struggle to improve governance and the …

South Sudan’s government is claiming that the UN Security Council mandate has expired to send a new contingent of 4 000 peacekeepers to boost the existing force. Minister of Information Michael Makuei told the Associated Press that December 15 was the expiration date for the deployment of peacekeepers to bolster …

Burundi on Monday began the process of withdrawing its troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) due to a dispute with the EU over the payment of wages. Amisom salaries are paid by the EU but have not been received in Bujumbura for months as European diplomats seek …

unisia’s army on Monday received two American patrol boats as part of a deal concluded with the United States to help battle terrorism and illegal migration. Tunisia has suffered from a wave of jihadist violence since the 2011 revolt that ousted longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, which has …