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Blaise Compaoré sur le point de rentrer au Burkina Faso

Selon plusieurs sources concordantes, l’ancien président, condamné à la prison à perpétuité dans l’affaire Sankara, doit arriver dans les prochaines heures à Ouagadougou pour y rencontrer le lieutenant-colonel Damiba. Voilà des semaines que la rumeur bruisse, d’Abidjan à Ouagadougou. Et si, huit ans après avoir été chassé du pouvoir par …

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Xi Sees the Ukraine War Through the Lens of the U.S.-China Rivalry

Not long after the commencement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I wrote that for China, binding itself tightly to Moscow would do harm to Beijing’s long-term interests. That is because, I wrote, an alliance between a superpower like China and a far less dynamic country like Russia, whose economy is …

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China Just Raised Its Diplomatic Ambitions in Africa

Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed a tour of Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros, continuing a tradition dating back three decades by which Chinese foreign ministers open the diplomatic year with a trip to Africa. The visit—which comes just over a month after the conclusion of the eighth Forum …

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Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis, Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline Offers Hope for Europe

Europe is still looking for reliable alternative sources of energy especially gas, as its energy relations fell nosedive with Russia. It has been exploring energy sources from Asian region down to Africa. But while African energy sources exist, it largely lacks infrastructure to transport it up to Europe. And transporting …

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Ethiopian Prime Minister and rebel group blame each other for apparent civilian massacre

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and rebel group Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) are blaming each other’s military forces after an unconfirmed number of civilians were killed Monday in the country’s Oromia region. The incident appears to be an ethnically targeted attack, according to a statement from the state-appointed Ethiopian Human …

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Putin’s Media Blitz on Africa Food Crisis Sparks Alarm in Europe

European governments have been alarmed by a Russian disinformation campaign that seeks to deflect criticism that President Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine risks leaving millions of people in Africa facing famine. Russian diplomats have gone on a media offensive in recent months to push the narrative that sanctions, rather than …

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Bakan Bozdağ: İsveç ve Finlandiya’ya teröristlerin iadesine ilişkin yazı gönderildi

Adalet Bakanı Bekir Bozdağ, İsveç ve Finlandiya’ya bu ülkelerde bulunan teröristlerin iadesine yönelik talepleri hatırlatan yazının Dışişleri Bakanlığına gönderildiğini, buradan da ilgili ülkelere iletileceğini açıkladı. Adalet Bakanı Bekir Bozdağ, Haber Global televizyonundaki canlı yayında soruları yanıtladı, gündeme ilişkin değerlendirmelerde bulundu. Türkiye, İsveç ve Finlandiya arasında imzalanan üçlü muhtıranın hatırlatılması üzerine …

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Tunisia ex-parliament speaker Ghannouchi’s bank accounts frozen

Tunisian judge orders accounts frozen of several politicians tied to the Ennahdha party, as political crisis continues. A Tunisian court has frozen the bank accounts of several key opponents to President Kais Saied, including Rached Ghannouchi, the head of the Ennahdha party, previously the biggest party in the country’s dissolved …

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Iran claims it seeks lasting nuclear deal after talks with Qatar FM

Iran said on Wednesday it sought a strong and lasting nuclear agreement with world powers following talks with US ally Qatar on easing stalled efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani visited Tehran a week after EU-mediated indirect US-Iran talks in Doha …

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Pakistan arrest militant suspect in deadly bombing of Chinese nationals

Pakistan on Tuesday said it had arrested a militant who provided technical support for a deadly suicide bomb attack on Chinese teachers at Karachi University in April. A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers, drawing strong condemnation from Beijing, in the first major attack this year against nationals …

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