Troops charged over Somalia deaths

Fifty-nine Nigerian soldiers are being court-martialled after being accused of refusing to fight militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

Dozens of British troops are to be deployed to Somalia to help peacekeeping efforts to counter Islamic militants, David Cameron announces.

>African Union forces claimed to have liberated a former Shabaab stronghold in Somalia on Saturday as part of a joint offensive with government troops aimed at capturing key ports from the Islamist fighters.

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on Tuesday started sending another 2,754 fresh troops to Somalia under the command of a newly appointed Ugandan contingent commander to the African Union Mission to Somalia.

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TANZANIAN troops will continue participating in international peacekeeping missions, with the view of ensuring that the world is a better place to live in. Minister for Defense and National Service, Dr Hussein Mwinyi, speaking at the commemoration of ...

Women attacked under noses of UN peacekeepers in South Sudan

The United Nations believes at least 10,000 troops are needed in any force sent to end unrest in Central African Republic, France's UN envoy says.

African Union forces allegedly killed six members of a family at a wedding in Somalia's port town of Merca last month, Human Rights Watch says.

British troops are on their way to Gabon on the west coast of Africa to tackle an increase in ivory poaching.