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Germany admits to committing “genocide”

Berlin has admitted for the first time, on Friday 28 May, that it committed a "genocide" in Namibia against the Herero and Nama peoples during the colonial period between 1884 and 1915. The Germans differ from other former colonizing countries, unwilling to admit their mistakes and sometimes their crime. This announcement is the result of long negotiations between the two states.…

Mali: “For us it is not a coup”,

In Mali, former President Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were able to return home on Wednesday night after being held for more than 48 hours by CNSP junta led by Colonel Assimi Goïta. The junta leader and vice president of the transition announced in the wake that he took control of the transition. His legal adviser, Youssouf Coulibaly, also a university professor and member of the National Transitional Council, answers David Baché's questions. .

For Vincent Duclert “it is a big step forward

Yesterday in Kigali, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged France's "responsibility" in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, but made no apology. So, some are happy, others are disappointed. But what does Vincent Duclert think, the author of the report that came out two months ago and which greatly inspired the speech that the French president gave yesterday. He answers questions from Christophe Boisbouvier.…

a critical humanitarian situation with the war

Since November, the Ethiopian federal army has launched a large-scale military operation against TPLF, the power in Tigray province on the border with Eritrea. Violence continues and the humanitarian situation continues to worsen: 5.2 million people are in need, according to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA. That is 700,000 more than at the beginning of May. Humanists cannot keep pace at the moment as…

the soldiers from the close guard at the helm

On the third day of the trial of Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives for "conspiracy" and "attempt to undermine state authority", the court tried to understand why weapons were found in the lagoon in Assinie. During the hearing, Commander Jean-Baptiste Kassé Kouamé admitted that he had ordered his men on December 23, 2019 to destroy weapons stored at GPS's political movement quarters and throw them…

Assimi Goïta, the new strong man in Mali who

In Mali, Vice President Colonel Assimi Goïta does not hide that he wants to be at the center of the transition. It is not yet known if he will go to the end or if the suit will be too loose but since the departure of President Bah N'Daw he is in front of the stage and behaves like the country's real strongman. as reported from…

a visit that seals a rapprochement

Emmanuel Macron was in Kigalio, where he gave a speech at the Gisozi Memorial on Thursday, acknowledging responsibility, but no French involvement in the genocide, a speech very well received by his counterpart in Rwanda. In addition to the memory issues, the two heads of state spoke about the future of their cooperation, as the rapprochement is intended to be both diplomatic and economic.…

Ethiopia: the election seen from Sidama,

Ethiopia will not vote on June 5 as the election calendar wanted, but two weeks later, on June 21 ... A delay that the Electoral Commission attributes to many logistical delays due to uncertainty in several parts of the country. The province of Tigray, at war for almost seven months, will not vote, like some other constituencies, theaters for civil violence. On the other hand, a province will vote for…

flights, the only possible option for thousands

Tens of thousands of residents of Goma have been dispersing since early Thursday morning following the warning from the governor of northern Kivu about the risk of an eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano. Some went to the border with Rwanda, others to Bukavu, in southern Kivu. With our special correspondent in Bukavu, William…