East-Africa
Britain backs KDF’s “cautious” exit from Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya – Britain has approved Kenya Defense Forces [KDF] “cautious” exit strategy from Somalia, a country that has fought to spread…
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East-Africa
Ethiopian AMISOM troops trained in human rights protection
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A group of Ethiopian national defense forces [ENDF] deployed to the AU forces was trained in human rights protection,…
North-Africa
Khalifa Haftar, his son Saddam and the gold smuggler
Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s private plane landed in Istanbul twice in July last year. The Falcon 900 also landed during the same period…
West-Africa
Mali: loyalty of ministers …
Available! Finally free! Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and the other hostages are reunited with their families. Also the senior figures from the…
West-Africa
Switzerland says civilians being held hostage in Mali have been killed by prisoners
Switzerland’s foreign ministry said on Friday that a Swiss woman held hostage in Mali had been killed by an Islamist group. The…
Central-Africa
The American Autobiography of Alain Mabanckou – Writing Paths
Author of a corpus of thirty books in which fiction co-exists with poetry and essays, the Congolese Alain Mabanckou is also a…
West-Africa
In the news: “Behind the scenes of a liberation”
“Behind the scenes of a liberation”. It is a title that we find at the same time on the front page of…
West-Africa
behind the scenes of the release of the hostages, tough negotiations
The release on Thursday night of the four hostages in Mali, Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and the two Italians, Nicola Chiacchio and…
East-Africa
Somalia’s presidential campaigns shift to Nairobi ahead
NAIROBI, Kenya – The presidential election scheduled for February 2021 appears to have shifted to Nairobi as leading candidates plan to defeat…
East-Africa
AU forces and SNA promise to crush Al-Shabaab in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia – The Somali National Army [SNA] and the African Union Mission Forces [AMISOM] has promised to work closely together to…
West-Africa
the opposition gathers in Abidjan for a large rally
In Abidjan, a large gathering of the entire front of the opposition is held. This major event worries as sporadic unrest has…
