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West Africa's junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes

Jan. 22, 2025 09:55 AM EST

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force that will soon be deployed in the restive Sahel region against rising extremist violence, Niger’s defense minister said Wednesday, The force of 5,000 personnel...

Mali rebel group frees Spanish national kidnapped in Algeria

Jan. 21, 2025 17:59 PM EST

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped in southern Algeria last week. The Azawad Liberation Front, or FLA, a coalition of separatist armed groups in Mali's predominately Tuareg north, said on X that it freed Spanish...

Guinea's main opposition parties call for withdrawal from junta-led legislative body

Jan. 16, 2025 08:49 AM EST

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The main opposition coalition in Guinea has called for its members to withdraw from the country's legislative body after the ruling junta missed a deadline for a return to democratic rule. The Forces Vives de Guinée coalition group, which includes the...

An ex-Green Beret behind a failed Venezuela raid in 2020 lashes out at CIA and FBI

Jan. 10, 2025 21:49 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — A former Green Beret accused of plotting an invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try to overthrow Nicolás Maduro lashed out Friday at the CIA and FBI, claiming they sabotaged his efforts to oust the leftist leader. His lawyers asserted that he had the Trump administration’s support...

Brazil marks 2nd anniversary of right-wing coup attempt as Bolsonaro's legal troubles deepen

Jan. 08, 2025 15:52 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities gathered in capital Brasilia on Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of an alleged coup attempt by supporters of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was joined by members of his Cabinet,...

They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence

Jan. 07, 2025 06:00 AM EST

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and traumatized, they fled in search of safety, food and shelter. This is the reality for over...

West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states

Dec. 15, 2024 12:51 PM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping. In a first in the 15-nation bloc’s nearly 50 years of...

West Africa bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit nations after failed peace efforts

Dec. 15, 2024 12:21 PM EST
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit nations after failed peace efforts.

Ex-Bolsonaro Cabinet minister arrested in Brazil over alleged coup plot

Dec. 14, 2024 18:32 PM EST

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police on Saturday arrested a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet and his 2022 running mate in connection with investigations into an alleged coup plot, the Supreme Court said in a statement. Gen. Walter Braga Netto was formally...

US officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says

Dec. 14, 2024 16:14 PM EST

AQABA, Jordan (AP) — American officials have been in direct contact with the terrorist-designated rebel group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday. Blinken, speaking at a news conference in Jordan, was the...