Africa

"An unacceptable coup": European leaders "strongly condemned the arrest of Mali's president and his prime minister," Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday at the end of a European summit in which France called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "We are ready to take the targeted sanctions against the main characters,…

Three days now after the eruption of Nyiragongo, violent repeated earthquakes continue to shake Goma. A building has also partially collapsed this Tuesday, May 25 in the morning. A crack a few centimeters wide but several hundred meters long divided the land in the western part of the city. A climate of panic continues to reign in place.…

The purchase of a new Airbus "A320 Neo", which will be delivered on July 16, does not go unnoticed. The opposition and civil society demand accountability, the government is trying to explain. as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac"It was time to replace the presidency's A319," according to the minister's spokesman for the…

Turkey enters Africa amid criticism of Somalia's affairs MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Turkish government has reiterated its commitment to work with African countries on security, trade and investment issues, amid external competition to seize the continent, which is seen as the future epicenter of the world economies. Ankara has made inroads in Africa, but its influence is largely visible in…

Are Malian President Bah N'Daw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane doomed? The two men were taken this Monday, May 24, 2021, to the Kati camp, near Bamako, by soldiers near the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, at the beginning of the coup on August 18, 2020. Colonel Assimi Goïta, Vice President of the Transition and CNSP strongman got a press release read on TV where he explained that…

The conflict continues in Tigray, a province in northern Ethiopia that has been in the grip of violence since November. The federal forces face the former Tigray power in the TPLF and are supported by the Eritrean army, but also the Amhara militia. This ethnic group took control of part of the territory, especially the western and southern tip of Tigray. Regions that the two societies have claimed for…

Mali plunged back into crisis on Monday after the military arrested the country's president, prime minister and defense minister after a government reshuffle earlier in the day, which sparked widespread international condemnation and calls for immediate release. The arrests sparked fears of a second coup as President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane lead a caretaker government that was installed following a coup in August under the threat of regional sanctions. Coup leaders and army officers…

Inter-ethnic clashes between Batende and Banunu in late 2018 in Mai Ndombe province had left hundreds dead and tens of thousands of refugees left for neighboring Congo-Brazzaville. The violence had also caused the cancellation of the presidential and legislative elections in this part of the country. as reported from Kinshasa,…

Mauritania has launched its first national anti-corruption alliance. It was created on Sunday night at the end of a congress in Nouakchott International Center and has set the task of shedding light on the public funds that are probably being misused during the ten years of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. with our…

In Chad, part of civil society has decided to monitor the military junta since April 20, following the death of President Idriss Deby. Through the Transition Observatory, some thirty civil society associations undertake to monitor the transitional work of the Military Council on a daily basis. with our correspondent in…