Africa

In Nigeria, another major kidnapping took place on Sunday at a Koran school in the state of Niger, northwest of the country, where 200 children went to school. No final assessment has yet been made on the number of young people reported missing. Against this unpleasant uncertainty, spontaneous protests have taken place in northwestern Nigeria over the past week, condemning the incessant attacks on the…

How far does the Eritrean army's intervention in Ethiopia continue? Since the beginning of November, troops from Asmara have been present in large numbers in the province of Tigray, where they are fighting together with Addis Ababa against the TPLF rebels. Today, the main opposition party in the Oromia region also accuses the Eritreans of intervening in support of Ethiopian soldiers in the western part…

Ten days after the outbreak of Nyiragongo, the consequences are very important. Infrastructure repairs have begun in Goma and alternative solutions are being found, but their rehabilitation is likely to take a long time, as refugees are gradually returning to their city. Work is underway to at least partially restore the water…

The interim head of the Libyan government, Abdelhamid Dbeibah, has been on a new tour since Saturday, seeking support for his government. After Algiers and Rome, he is in Paris this Tuesday, he will meet President Macron this Tuesday night. The Libyan Prime Minister will be in Paris on Tuesday at the head of an impressive…

There are over 7,000 cryptocurrencies in the world and just a few dozen in Africa. And yet very few of them are actually used. Among the most promising projects is AFRO, a cryptocurrency launched in 2018 that addresses the Senegalese artist's Mansour Sy Kanakassy's idea. AFRO aims to be a pan-African cryptocurrency and in the service of development. Some countries have already adopted it for specific…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, armed groups, hitherto unidentified, killed at least 50 civilians during the night from Sunday to Monday, May 31, according to a still preliminary report from the Kivu Security Barometer. The attack took place in two villages in the territory of Irumu, in the province of Ituri, north of the border with Kivu. An attack of unprecedented scale. The attackers also…

A delegation from the movement that contributed to the downfall of the former Malian president IBK visited the priest in his home on Monday 31 May. Their relationship has developed into a roller coaster. This visit is a strategy for the M5 to sharpen its ranks. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielTo see the pictures, the…

Mali is still awaiting the announcement of the appointment of its new Prime Minister. More than a week after the arrest of Colonel Assimi Goïtade's military, former president and transitional minister, the country remains uncertain. French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened to withdraw French troops involved in the fight against terrorism if Mali gives in to the "temptation of radical Islam".…

His followers have been waiting for his return home for several months. Definitely acquitted in March last year by the ICC, Laurent Gbagbo returned to Abidjan on June 17, FPI-GOR announced on Monday. as reported from Abidjan, Pierre PintoIn the village hall, which is decorated as the wedding days, 400 personalities from FPI,…

In Senegal, calm returned on Monday morning, May 31, in Casamance in the south of the country. Yesterday, the army carried out airstrikes in an area west of Cassolole, near the border with Guinea-Bissau. They targeted parts of the MFDC's separatist movement. This sweep is in line with the army's operations in the region in January and February.…