Africa

The Egyptian government signed new concessions with a Chinese alliance to build and operate two world-class container terminals in the ports of Sokhna and Dekhila, as part of a container logistics project to link the Red and Mediterranean seas. The Egyptian government agreed on Aug. 11 to implement the first …

Le 6 août, le lieutenant-général Langley est devenu le premier général quatre étoiles noir en 246 ans d’histoire des Marines. Après 37 ans passés dans ce corps d’élite, il vient de prendre la tête du commandement militaire américain pour l’Afrique. Quatre étoiles La nomination de Michael Langley à la tête …

Et si les BRICS devenaient les BRICSA ? Abdelmadjid Tebboune en est persuadé : l’Algérie qu’il préside répond en grande partie aux conditions pour adhérer à ce club d’économies émergentes comprenant le Brésil, la Russie, l’Inde, la Chine et l’Afrique du Sud. Qu’en est-il réellement ? Décryptage. « L’Algérie s’intéresse …

Le mégaprojet de transport de gaz reliant l’Algérie, le Nigeria et le Niger permettra d’acheminer, à terme, du gaz nigérian vers l’Europe. Lors de la troisième réunion ministérielle tripartite Algérie-Niger-Nigeria, le 28 juillet à Alger, le ministre algérien de l’Énergie et des Mines, Mohamed Arkab, et ses homologues du Nigeria, …

Largement dépendante du secteur minier, Kinshasa a officiellement lancé les appels d’offres pour 30 blocs pétro-gaziers (au lieu de 16 initialement prévus), dont deux appartenant au magnat israélien Dan Gertler. De quoi susciter l’appétit des géants.

President Kais Saied calims victory as mandate for his reforms. Around 2,458,985 Tunisian voters participated in the referendum on the constitution suggested by President Kais Saied. The total number of registered voters amounted to 8,929,665. Thus, only 27.54% of the registered voters participated according to records of the Independent High …

Algeria will try to find a consensus about the return of Syria to the League in the upcoming meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, according to Asharq al-Awsat. Algeria, as the host country of the next Arab League summit, still insists on Damascus’s invitation, an official of the Algerian …

The killing of longtime al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could accelerate a trend that has been consistently emerging in recent years—the factionalization and regionalization of the global jihadist movement. To survive, al-Qaeda adopted a franchising strategy which led it to expand worldwide and establish regional branches in the Levant, North Africa, …

Ethiopia’s Somali region is mobilizing against al-Shabab militants to prevent further incursions by the group. The region had been hailed as the most peaceful in Ethiopia since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018. But that was put to the test three weeks ago when al-Shabab fighters forced …

Mali on Tuesday received military jets and a combat helicopter from Russia. During a ceremony, L-39 and Sukhoi-25 jets as well as Mi-24P helicopter gunships were displayed. Defense Minister Sadio Camara paid tribute to what he called Mali’s “win-win partnership with the Russian Federation.” The new deliveries “strengthen our reconnaissance …