North Africa

Rival French and Russian disinformation campaigns have tried to deceive and influence Internet users in the Central African Republic ahead of an election later this month, Facebook said on Tuesday. Facebook said it was the first time it had seen foreign influence operations directly engage on its platforms, with fake accounts condemning each other as "fake news". The company said it had suspended three networks of a total of 500 accounts and sites for so-called "coordinated unauthentic behavior." One…

Yevgeny Prigozhin, proprietor of the Russian non-public navy firm Wagner Group, can pay 18 million rubles ($ 244,000) every to 2 Russian residents imprisoned in Libya in 2019 on espionage fees and launched final week. Based on an announcement from Prigozhin's firm Harmony, Maxim Shugaley and Samer Hasan Ali Sueyfan have been launched on December 10 after 18 months in jail and have returned to Russia. Prigozhin determined to supply 1 million rubles ($ 13,560) per 30 days or a complete of 18 million…

Since Sars-Cov-2's official appearance on the continent on 14 February 2020, the number of pollutants and deaths due to the pandemic has seemed largely limited, despite a resurgence in some countries in recent weeks. The numbers do not leave until then, no room for doubt. 2.32 million pollutants, 55,265 deaths. Ten months after the first officially declared case in Egypt, the African continent has only 3.4% of coronavirus contaminants while it represents 17% of the world population. The reality of the spread of the virus…

The Nubian people span Sudan and Egypt and span six millennia of history. From pharaohs to foreign invasions, they embody a mythical people. In the Aswan region, they were expelled from their country in 1964 for the construction of the large dam that President Nasser wanted. Even today, they demand a refund. He now plays for…

Final week, Donald Trump introduced the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel and the popularity of Rabat's sovereignty over the territory claimed by the separatists from the Polisario Entrance. On this difficulty, in South Africa, the ruling social gathering, the ANC, has lengthy been a supporter of the Polisario Entrance. .

This measure was taken in 1993 to punish Sudan for having Osama bin Laden and a number of other al-Qaeda militants. Khartoum was accused of involvement in sure terrorist operations. With this choice, it's the finish of an extended look forward to the Sudanese. With our regional correspondent in Nairobi,Sebastien NemethSudan…

US President Donald Trump, who apparently by no means realized the seriousness of the presidency's obligations throughout his four-year time period, takes his final breath earlier than handing over the keys to the White Home to President-elect Joe Biden. With lower than a month left in workplace, Trump is in a rush to satisfy his one-sided plan for the Center East with numerous diplomatic stimuli to convey Israel and the Arab states collectively. Shortly after the White Home introduced an settlement,…

Because the finish of King Hassan II's time and the start of King Mohammed VI, Israeli and Moroccan safety providers have notoriously exchanged data on anti-terrorism, on Iran, on numerous matters. of widespread pursuits. Lastly, this normalization with Israel permits Morocco to be even nearer to america, benefiting from some type of technical and navy help, together with within the provide of weapons from Israel. Then again, it should put much more strain on their relationship with Algeria, and…

French General François Lecointre returned on December 12 from a two-day inspection visit to Niger and Mali, his seventh visit to the Barkhane Force's Operational Theater. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces went to meet French soldiers and their partners from the Malian armed forces. The possibility of an overview of military operations one month before the anniversary of the Pau summit, 13 January, when a change in the format of French…

In Algeria, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appeared on public television this Sunday for the first time in almost two months. The head of state was in hospital in Germany at the end of October to be treated for coronavirus. The Algerian authorities have announced several times that he is about to return. But his long absence has continued to drive rumors of his possible death.…