Africa

4e SOMMET EXTRAORDINAIREDE L’AUTORITE DES CHEFS D’ETAT ET DE GOUVERNEMENT DE LA CEDEAO SUR LA SITUATION AU MALIAccra, République du Ghana 9 janvier 2022PROJET DE COMMUNIQUE L’Autorité des Chefs d’Etat et de Gouvernement de la Direction Economique La Communauté des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) s’est réunie en session …

La France, ex-puissance coloniale, n’est plus en odeur de sainteté à Bamako, au Mali. Où l’accent russe commence à s’entendre. De nombreux soldats et/ou mercenaires russes sont en effet déployés dans le pays au grand dam des Européens.

La montée récente des coups d’État en Afrique reflète une diminution de la volonté régionale et internationale à appliquer les normes anti-coup. Pour inverser cette tendance, il faudra promouvoir la démocratie et systématiquement imposer de vrais coûts aux putschistes. Les 82 coups d’État que l’Afrique a connus entre 1960 et …

With Egypt reportedly on the brink of invading neighboring Libya, and troops from Chad said to be on their way north to join Gen. Khalifa Haftar in his fight to topple the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, what was already a complicated proxy war could soon become Africa’s first full-on …

BLOC-NOTES. Le drapeau européen n’efface ni ne parjure rien, rappelle le philosophe à ceux qui s’indignaient de le voir flotter sous l’Arc de Triomphe. Que s’est-il passé, au juste ? La France se prépare, comme il advient tous les treize ans, à la présidence tournante du Conseil de l’Union européenne. …

In Mali, a coalition of political parties has rejected the military government’s plan for a five-year transition before elections. Mali has been under pressure from West African governments to hold elections since a May military coup d’etat, the second in less than a year. Mali’s military leaders recently released a …

Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation is the latest blow to Sudan’s transition to democracy since the Oct. 25, 2021, military coup. Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned late Sunday, Jan. 2, amid a political impasse with leaders of the country’s military junta and a crackdown on protesters calling for full civilian rule, …

Beijing Isn’t Just Building Roads—It’s Making Friends When U.S. policymakers consider China’s influence in Africa, they often think of big-ticket infrastructure development programs such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Over the past two decades, Beijing has spent billions building dams, highways, railways, and ports in countries from Egypt …

Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso’s president to resign. Burkina Faso experienced the deadliest terrorist attacks since the conflict began, but analysts say the worst …

Postponing elections in Libya means more chaos, as the Libyan parliament postponed a vote on how to deal with the repercussions of postponing national elections after a chaotic session that reflected the fabricated political crisis over the fate of the peace process and instability. The Libyan people still want the …