Africa

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 …

Libyan lawmakers Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in the country’s transitional government, throwing long-waited elections scheduled later this year into further uncertainty. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah said after the vote, however, that his government would push forward with plans for elections in late December. The vote took …

More than 850 former Boko Haram fighters and their family members who escaped from the jihadist group to Cameroon have left northern Cameroon for Nigeria. Nigerian authorities say they are taking the former militants to Nigerian disarmament centers after complaints that such centers in Cameroon were overwhelmed by the number …

The surrender of Abu Hamza al-Qadi to an Egyptian tribal union linked to the government could be a major blow to the terrorist organization. A high-profile Islamic State commander in Sinai has given himself up to a tribal union loyal to the Egyptian military, exposing possible cracks within the organization …

U.S. President Joe Biden campaigned for the 2020 Democratic nomination promising not only to restore the defense of human rights and democracy to a central position in U.S. foreign policy, but also to “build back better” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But for Africa’s 54 countries and 1.4 …

C’est au moment où le monde entier se mobilise pour être au chevet du Mali et des pays du sahel afin de lutter contre le terrorisme que les américains mettent du bâton dans la roue de l’armée malienne en l’empêchant d’avoir des équipements afin de renforcer sa capacité opérationnelle. Ils …

Moroccan authorities have dismantled a cell of Daesh group-affiliated militants and arrested three suspects accused of plotting an assassination, security services said on Tuesday. The suspects, detained in the southern city of Errachidia, had planned “crimes of a terrorist nature against individuals” and selected a public servant for “imminent assassination”, …

Le déploiement d’un millier de mercenaires russes est évoqué. Paris s’emploie à faire échouer la signature. Selon nos sources, depuis début septembre, un contrat est prêt à être signé entre l’État malien – représenté par le président de la transition, Assimi Goïta, et son ministre de la Défense, Sadio Camara …

Forces loyal to a powerful Libyan commander said two military planes crashed on Sunday over a village in eastern Libya, killing at least two officers. The self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces, led by Gen. Khalifa Hifter, said the helicopters collided in the air over the village of Msus, 130 kilometers …