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Al-Shabaab requires assaults on Djibouti to host Western pursuits
Al-Shabaab calls for attacks on Djibouti to host Western interests
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Shabaab could carry out deadly attacks in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa, where the United States and France have unlimited influence ahead of the long-awaited election in the Red Sea country, which hosts the U.S. Africa Command Team.
Ahmed Omar Abu Ubaydah accused Djibouti in the latest sound…
Normal Sanogo’s first tour to Ségou
General Amadou Sanogon will not have waited long before speaking. The leader of the coup who fired President Amadou Toumani Touré on March 22, 2012, the former putchist is charged with murder and complicity in the assassination. But he has been free since mid-March after benefiting from a "law". National agreement ". This weekend in Ségou, 260 kilometers north of Bamako, he spoke to his supporters.…
The trial of Bouaké en Côte bombing
On November 6, 2004, two Ivorian planes bombed a French camp for the Licorne force in Bouaké, Ivory Coast: nine French soldiers and one American civilian were killed, 38 people wounded.
In retaliation, the French army destroyed the Ivorian air force. Tensions are rising between Paris and Abidjan. More than 16 years later, the trial of the persecuted pilots for murder, attempted murder and destruction of property will begin on Monday before the Assize Court in Paris, without the accused.
The box will be empty. Of the…
Ali Bongo affords his first interview since his
"Energy, I have plenty of it!" Ali Bongo explained this to the pan-African weekly Jeune Afrique. The Gabonese president broke a very long silence that he had observed since his stroke in October 2018, and it was for Jeune Afrique that he chose to speak for the first time.
The interview is very long, four pages. Ali Bongo talks about everything including his health. "I feel good. I even increased my pace at work. I can not wait to be 100% of my ability again," he replied.
ON his opponent wondering Regarding his ability…
Nationwide mourning in Madagascar after
National Day of Mourning in Madagascar. Former President Admiral Didier Ratsiraka died on Sunday at the age of 84 at the military hospital in Antananarivo.
His relatives indicate that he gave up for cardiac arrest while he had been in hospital since Tuesday for a "routine check-up due to a small flu". Tributes to this symbolic figure in Malagasy political life have followed one another.
In a blue suit, the serious face, the current head of state, who had asked for his condolences in the morning on his Facebook page,…
Patrice Talon in energetic marketing campaign for his
The campaign for the presidential election on April 11 started on Friday in Benin. In the face of outgoing President Patrice Talon, no strong opponent.
Major opposition figures have been disqualified by the National Autonomous Election Commission (Cena) and the Constitutional Court. A vote for which Patrice Talon is leading, after all a very active campaign on the ground.
The posters have flourished, but the offer is small, there are only three candidates and their running mates. Today's poster is the result of…
for the #1 on the subject of the federal government, the file genocide
In Rwanda, observers close to Paul Kagame's government welcome progress on the conclusions of the Duclert report on the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. But they emphasize that this is not necessarily enough.
Jean-Paul Kimonyo is a researcher and former adviser to President Paul Kagame. He believes that the Duclert report clarifies the dynamics between the French decision-makers at the time and what happened in Rwanda. However, he emphasizes a gap between the content of the report and its conclusion, which excludes the idea of…
Maiduguri once more disadvantaged electrical energy after one
In northeastern Nigeria, the large city of Maiduguri is once again deprived of electricity after sabotage of electrical infrastructure on Saturday, March 27, by the jihadists.
This is the second time in a few months that the electricity grid supplying the capital of Borno State has been cut by the men of the Boko Haram group, who are active in the region.
The jihadists blew up two power transmission towers on the high-voltage line connecting the city of Maiduguri with Damaturu, one of their strongholds. This attack,…
The chief of the Somali jihadist staff for the shebabs
The leader of the Somali jihadist group for the Shebabs released a second message in a month on Saturday night. In a speech to his supporters, Ahmed Diriye attacks Djibouti in particular this time, targeting "American and French interests" in the country. And he also accuses the Djibouti president.
This is not the first time the Shebabs have attacked Djibouti. Their targets are the many foreign military bases - French and American, but also Italian, Japanese, Turkish and Chinese - which the country hosts. Their latest…
The Town of Palma is evacuated after terrorist attack
The city of Palma in northeastern Mozambique is being evacuated following the terrorist attack that began on Wednesday, March 24. The jihadists from the Al-Shabab group, affiliated with the Islamic State group, had taken control of this city with 75,000 inhabitants in the province of Cabo Delgado. Mozambican security forces are now there, facing "terrorist pockets", according to a national television bulletin. According to the Mozambican government, dozens of people have been killed since Wednesday in Palma.
Dozens of…