Africa

Libya’s eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar said Wednesday he was suspending his military activities, a step which could lead to his candidacy in elections later this year. In a statement, Haftar said he had named an interim replacement as head of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army until December 24, the date …

It seems the Egyptian state will not respond to the recent Muslim Brotherhood calls for reconciliation, despite pressure by the US administration to fix its human rights record. The Muslim Brotherhood is calling for dialogue with the Egyptian presidency without preconditions. In a letter dated Sept. 14, prominent Brotherhood leader …

With rising communal and interethnic violence gripping swaths of the country, two coups in less than a year and a deadlocked transition to civilian rule, Mali is arguably facing its most uncertain moment since the 1991 March Revolution, which paved the way for the country’s return to civilian government nearly …

In early May, a high-speed boat pulled alongside the Rio Mitong, a Panama-flagged cargo vessel, just off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Using ladders to board the ship, a group of assailants kidnapped two crew members, taking them back to the shore, where they subsequently held them for ransom. Another …

Following Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s approval last month of a new naval base to be built on Sudan’s Red Sea coast, official Kremlin statements have billed the facility as a logistics center that will be defensive in nature—for principal use as a resupply station for Russian warships. In spite …

La France va maintenir sa présence militaire au Mali, a confié à la presse la ministre française des Armées, Florence Parly, à l’issue d’une rencontre, lundi à Bamako, avec son homologue malien Sadio Camara. “La France ne quittera pas le Mali et reste déterminée dans la lutte contre le terrorisme”, …

-Le Chef de la diplomation de l’Union européenne s’exprimait en marge de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies à New York. Une implication du groupe privé russe Wagner au Mali affecterait « sérieusement » les relations entre l’Union européenne et Bamako, a indiqué lundi, Josep Borrell, chef de la diplomatie européenne.Josep …

Le crash, dans la nuit du 10 au 11 septembre, d’un hélicoptère d’attaque MI 24 est survenu alors que l’armée ivoirienne craignait une attaque jihadiste dans le nord du pays. Selon nos informations, les autorités ivoiriennes ont été prévenues début septembre par plusieurs partenaires, notamment les services de renseignements burkinabè, …

An attempted coup in Sudan was organised by elements inside and outside the military establishment, leading to the first arrests of those involved in such a plot, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Tuesday. The failed attempt was preceded by attempts to sow insecurity, especially in the east of Sudan, …

On March 24, Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group linked to the Islamic State, launched a bloody attack on the coastal town of Palma, in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, leaving at least 61 dead and scores more unaccounted for. The assault, which lasted more than a week and took place …