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The international coalition warns
The 83 countries and member organizations of the international coalition against the organization Islamic State warned on Monday 28 June against the emergence of this organization in Africa.
For the first time since 2019, the coalition was held face to face in Rome at ministerial level. Several African countries attended this…
Former opponent Hassan Fadoul Kitir is back
It is the end of a long exile for Hassan Fadoul Kitir. This close friend of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, a refugee in Togo for two decades, returned to the country as part of the overstretched military policy of the Transitional Military Council that has ruled the country since April.
as reported from Ndjamena,Madjiasra…
Félix Tshisekedi reaffirms his ambition
The Democratic Republic of Congo is today marking the 61st anniversary of its independence from Belgium. In a lengthy interview with Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi's Jeune Afrique, after half an hour, the head of state looks back on his break with Joseph Kabila, his ambitions for the next two and a half years and the next presidential election.…
“There is a change of at least part of
In a new video, the Islamic State of West Africa (Iswap), the Islamic State's arm for Boko Haram, claims that Abubakar Shekau's group has joined its ranks. Is this really the case? For Vincent Foucher, a researcher at the International Crisis Group, signals point in this direction, but still deserve to be refined.
Six weeks…
“We must demilitarize political life”
A campaign was officially launched on Tuesday, June 29, to demand the release of 500 people arrested in Cameroon in connection with the September 2020 demonstrations, at the request of the opposition movement for the Cameroon Renaissance (MRC). The coalition, which is launching the campaign, claims that 125 of them are still being held today.…
In Chad, the allies of the patriotic movement of
About forty political parties confirmed their alliance with the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), the party founded by Idriss Déby Itno, during a press conference on Tuesday, June 29. A strong support for this party which remained in power for 30 years and which now has to reconsider its strategy without its founders. Other allies surrendered, however.…
authorities reject the reports
The Ministry of Defense is reacting to the report from the UN expert panel which was published in the press on Tuesday. He rejects the conclusions of the experts, who refer in particular to abuses attributed to the armed forces and Russian mercenaries deployed in the country.
In this report, which was called upon by the…
hearing of witnesses in the coup hearing
On January 7, 2019, early in the morning, a command group led by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo had taken control of Radio Gabon and read a message announcing that the army had taken power. The special forces' attack had quickly ended this adventure. The alleged perpetrators have appeared for several days before a special military court. The last hearing, Monday, was marked by the hearing of witnesses. Report.…
DRC: the Chinese mega-contract is fighting to stay
To date, only a few infrastructure works have been carried out in some DRC cities such as Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. NGO Afrewatch, which has just published a report on mega-contratchin, believes that the performance has not yet fulfilled its promises.
From our correspondent in Lubumbashi,Georges Nkulu, a road transporter, sits…
UN experts describe recruitments
Published on Wednesday, the latest report from UN experts on the Central African Republic is serious. It describes about forty pages on the human rights violations committed by the various parties to the conflict. He also points to what experts call the "security sector faction" ... members of armed groups or militias recruited or instrumentalized by government members and security forces.…