Eye on Africa

Almost two weeks after the attack on the port city of Palma by the armed group calling itself Al-Chabab, the Mozambican authorities confirmed on Monday, April 5, to gradually regain control of the situation. "It is not over yet (...) but a significant number of terrorists have been shot," the commander of military operations in…

More than 1,800 prisoners escaped from a prison in southeastern Nigeria over Sunday to Monday following an attack by armed men, the attack has not been claimed, but the suspicion turns to Ipob, the independence group from Biafra, established in the region of Imo, where this attack took place. The Nigerian police chief said…

Arab and non-Arab tribes collided in Sudan's rest in the western Darfur region over the weekend, leaving at least 18 dead with more than 50 injured, a local medical committee said Monday, adding to the list of incidents in the troubled region since the signing of a peace deal at the end. of last year and the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers. The violence between the Arab Rizeigat tribe and Masalit in Genena, the provincial capital of West Darfur province, followed the deaths of two people from Masalit,…

Arab and non-Arab tribes clashed in Sudan's dormant western Darfur region over the weekend, leaving at least 50 dead with more than 130 injured, a local medical committee said on Monday, adding to the list of incidents in the troubled region since the signing of a peace deal at the end. of last year and the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers. The violence between the Arab Rizeigat tribe and Masalit in Genena, the provincial capital of West Darfur province, followed the deaths of two people from Masalit, said…

Malta will resume its embassy in Libya and restart flights to the North African country, said Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela on Monday. Malta is the latest EU member to strengthen ties with Tripoli, as Libya seeks to end a decade of chaos following a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. "We will reopen our embassy and consulate in Libya in the next few days," Abela told a news conference in Tripoli, standing alongside Libyan caretaker Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. "Flight links will also be…

I will not give up the issue of national memory, but I will never make this memory a business. It is a memory between two peoples and two countries. We are moving forward step by step. But I understand what the French President said. He said that what happened in Algeria (at the time of colonization) goes beyond the Holocaust. He said it. He said it was a crime against humanity. He said it. I do not doubt his sincerity. Abdelmadjid Tebboune,…

Two more mass graves were discovered in the city of Tarhuna, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) northeast of the capital Tripoli, where Putis general Khalifa Haftar's militias committed many war crimes during a year of control, according to Libyan authorities. A statement from the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons said the two tombs were discovered in the Mashru'a Alrabet area of ​​Tarhuna. The statement did not specify how many bodies were excavated from the two graves.…

Somalia - Northeastern State's security forces have killed at least 24 militants who are in line with the Islamic State group by direct fire during a series of operations over the past two days in parts of Bari province. Following a tip-off, troops raided the base in the Al-Miskaat Mountains around the Balidhidin district, where ISIS stored heavy ammunition and materials for making IEDs and car bombs, according to the PSF. A video clip released by the PSF showed troops blowing up two intercepted vehicles filled with…

In its annual report published this week, the US State Department made a condemnatory assessment of the past year: arbitrary arrests, poor conditions in prisons ... But for Conakry's Minister of Information and Communications Amara Somparé, this report is not serious. .

In Benin, the opponent Reckya Madougou was detained by the court for repression of economic crimes and terrorism on the Chancellery's decision? In any case, a judge in this court condemns the repression of economic crimes and terrorism. Essowé Batamoussi testifies at RFI. This magistrate, a member of the Criet of Freedoms and…