Africa

Le 5 septembre 2021, le chef des forces spéciales du pays renversait le président Alpha Condé. Populaire mais peu connu, il fait de grandes promesses, au risque de décevoir. Jeune Afrique dresse le portrait du nouveau maître de Conakry. Très rapidement, les rues de Conakry ont retrouvé leur agitation habituelle. …

Khartoum witnessed an attempted coup, which highlights the urgent need to unify civil and military institutions following the fall of Omar al-Bashir’s regime. In a bid to derail the revolution that removed President Omar al-Bashir from power in December 2019, a group of armed operatives from the Sudanese army said …

Dans le contexte de crise qu’il traverse depuis plusieurs années, le Mali a plus que jamais besoin de tous ses amis et partenaires. Ce qui taraude les esprits, depuis les débuts de l’affaire Wagner : nombreux sont les partenaires de notre pays qui ne cessent de « taper du poing …

C’est à Aziz Akhannouch, l’homme le plus fortuné du royaume – et désormais chef du gouvernement –, que revient la lourde tâche de mettre en œuvre le nouveau modèle de développement lancé par Mohammed VI. Un paradoxe peut-être, mais pas forcément une contradiction. Depuis le 10 septembre 2021, les quelque …

The military transitional government of Mali is expected to announce a deal with the Russian Wagner Group to combat the Islamic jihadist movements that are spreading violence across the country. Moscow has confirmed the deal. Nevertheless, it stated that it had nothing to do with the negotiations as Mali approached …

A system of abuse against migrants in Libya, carried out by militias and the government, is fueled by European Union money given to authorities in a country where violence has been normalized after years of instability, according to a new documentary to be released in October. A number of migrants …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the military junta in Mali has turned to “private Russian companies” for help in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the Western African country. “This is activity which has been carried out on a legitimate basis,” Lavrov said during a press conference at the …

During a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated the need to reach a binding legal agreement on the operation and filling of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam in a manner that takes into account the interests of all parties. Egypt describes the dam …

Environ 2 000 manifestants, selon des observateurs, ont dénoncé dimanche à Tunis “le pouvoir aux mains d’un seul homme”, disant redouter “un retour à la dictature de Ben Ali”, après l’adoption cette semaine par le président Kaïs Saïed de mesures exceptionnelles. “La légitimité passe par le vote.” Les manifestants présents …

‘The Palestinian people are in need of this money, especially our great people under siege in Gaza,’ top Abbas adviser says The Palestinian Authority has called on Sudan’s government to hand over assets that it seized from Hamas as part of a recent crackdown on the terror group. Hussein al-Sheikh, …