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Prime Minister under pressure to appoint one

In a letter dated Monday, President Mohamad al-Mnaffi called on Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dbeibah to quickly appoint a defense minister. The post has been vacant since the government's announcement in March last year due to its sensitive nature, and both sides want to take up the post. Abdel Hamid Dbeibah is invited to a…

South Africa: 30 years after apartheid,

On June 30, 1991, the apartheid laws were abolished. A step towards the end of the regime that was definitely overthrown by the ballot box in April 1994. Among the younger generations, the story of the struggle against apartheid is blurred. From our correspondent in Johannesburg,"We were almost caught by the police there. One…

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…

The UN is concerned about the increase in attacks on

High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet calls on the Bamako authorities to conduct impartial investigations to combat impunity. Most of the killings and kidnappings are carried out by non-governmental armed groups, especially jihadists, but the Malian security and defense forces are also responsible for some of the human rights violations.…

in mother Laurent Gbagbo shrugs

Laurent Gbagbo returned to Abidjan on Tuesday, June 29, after less than forty-eight hours in his home country in the western part of the country. Before leaving the village of Mama, the former president attended a traditional "purification" ceremony in the morning, during which the traditional leaders symbolically washed him from his former condition of prisoners, marking his return to society. But this…

pro-Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu

The Nigerian authorities announced on Tuesday (June 29) that they had arrested the leader of the independent movement Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. He was arrested on Sunday and "taken back to Nigeria" according to the country's justice minister. Nnamdi Kanu appeared in a court in Abuja on Tuesday that approved his detention until his "terrorism" trial began on July 26.…

The Kingdom of Eswatini introduces a curfew,

The kingdom of Eswatini, until recently known as Swaziland, announced a curfew on Tuesday (June 29) when the army was sent out to quell protests against democracy. Clashes rallied against Democratic protesters on Monday night, June 28. In power for 35 years, King Mswati III is believed to be in South Africa, and the opposition says he fled there and promised to intensify their protests.…

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.…

Why Ethiopia declares ceasefire

The Ethiopian authorities declared a "unilateral and unconditional ceasefire" in Tigray on Monday, June 28, after nearly eight months of fighting. On the same day, troops loyal to the former dissident authorities in Tigray Mekele, the capital of the country, were captured. the country. Decipher the situation with René Lefort, an independent researcher and specialist in the Horn of Africa.

The Tigrayan forces returned to Mekele and

A spectacular turnaround in Tigray in northern Ethiopia: the region, at war since November, was the site, on Monday 28 June 2021, of a major offensive by the Tigray rebels, which seized the capital Mekele province. An important piece for the Ethiopian army and the government of Abiy Ahmed. Tigrayan Forces (TDF) seems to be able to control other cities.…

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