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12/01/2013 - France - Mali

France suffers first loss in Mali air strikes

France has its first soldier in the offensive against Mali’s Islamist rebels – a helicopter pilot was injured and later died as French military gave aerial support to the Malian ...

31/10/2012

African press review 31 October 2012

The Kigali High Court sentences an opposition party leader to eight years in jail.

02/10/2012

African press review 2 October 2012

The latest developments in Kismayo in Somalia and fake mobile phones in Kenya are among the stories covered in today's African papers..

04/09/2012

African press review 4 September 2012

A teachers strike in Kenya, questions over Uganda's growth prospects and lingering tensions within the South African mining industry dominate today's African papers.

12/06/2012

African press review 12 June 2012

The Kenyan press is full of follow-ups to Sunday's helicopter crash which killed six people including interior security minister George Saitoti.

11/06/2012

African press review 11 June 2012

Kenya in mourning for Internal Security Minister Geroge Saitoti and his assistant killed in a air crash on Sunday and Nigeria's worries over the security of its airline industry make the headlines ...

08/08/2011 - Afghanistan - US

Taliban laid trap for US helicopter, official claims

A helicopter that crashed killing 30 US troops in Afghanistan was shot down after the Taliban laid a trap to lure US forces into the area, according to an anonymous Afghan government official said ...

29/06/2011 - Afghanistan

Twenty killed in Taliban Kabul hotel attack

Twenty people are reported to have been killed after an overnight Taliban attack on a top Kabul hotel.

17/06/2011 - France - Russia

France, Russia sign long-awaited Mistral sale

Russia on Friday signed a contract with France worth over a billion euros to buy two French Mistral-class warships.

04/06/2011 - Libya - France - UK

French, British helicopters strike Libya

French and British helicopters staged Nato's first chopper strikes on Libya overnight, officials confirmed Saturday.

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