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07/05/2013

African press review 7 May 2013

More on Guptagate in the South African press, while the large number of child bride marriages in Chad and Niger is another big story today...

10/04/2013 - Report: France

Paris fair fights stereotypes of Africa

Around 20,000 visitors paid a visit to the African Fair, held the weekend of 5-7 April in Paris.

04/04/2013 - CAR - Chad

Ousted CAR president François Bozizé says no plans for asylum

In an interview with RFI, ousted Central African Republic president François Bozizé insisted that Chad was behind the recent coup in which he was overthrown.

09/03/2013 - France - Mali - Burkina Faso

Le Drian declares Mali jihadis 70 per cent wiped out, heads for Ouagadougou

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was to meet Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaoré on Saturday after declaring France’s task in Mali 70 per cent accomplished.

07/03/2013 - Mali - France - Chad

French defence minister on surprise visit to north Mali

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian visited the “last bastions” Islamist militias in northern Mali on a surprise visit Thursday.

05/03/2013 - France - Mali -Chad

Aqim confirms French killed leader in Mali

An Al Qaeda source has confirmed the death in Mali of Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, one of the leaders of Aqim, (al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb).

04/03/2013 - African news explained

Are Islamist militants Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Abou Zeid dead?

Algerian and Chadian officials in Mali say reports that Islamist militants Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Abdelhamid Abou Zeid are dead could be false.

03/03/2013 - Mali - France

France loses third soldier in Mali

France has lost its third soldier in the Mali conflict.

03/03/2013 - Mali - France - Chad - Algeria

Who is Mokhtar Belmokhtar?

After claiming that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) leader Abou Zeid has died in north Mali, Chad now says that its troops have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar.

03/03/2013 - Mali - Algeria - Chad

Chad claims to have killed Aqim's Mokhtar Belmokhtar

Chadian officials claim their troops have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim)-aligned leader of the group that staged January's bloody operation at Algeria's In ...