Africa

75 Libyan representatives elected by the UN have met since Monday 9 November in Tunis to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya. Although the roadmap is accepted by all, the priorities differ. To first address the names or forms of the future political regime? It is this issue that was at the heart of the first…

The fighting continues for the sixth day in a row in northern Ethiopia. The federal army meets troops from Tigray, a region that opposes the central power of Addis Ababa. Roads and communication are disrupted with the area and it is still difficult to realize the extent of the violence. Demands for downsizing continue, but the federal state does not seem to want to calm things down.…

In Mali, the Niono Forum on Reconciliation between different communities ended this weekend after three days of work. Four ministers had come from Bamako to this center in the center of the country to put an end to the violence that has plagued the sites in the area for several weeks. The case of the village of Farabougou, surrounded for over a month by jihadist fighters against a backdrop of conflict…

The coalition of former President Joseph Kabila has just met in Kinshasa. And while current president Felix Tshisekedi has been consulting since the beginning of last week to try to find a new majority, the FCC says it is ready to continue the dialogue and power-sharing agreement, but only for certain conditions. as reported…

So the United States has a new president, Joe Biden. And the press on the continent is very pleased, as is the Enquête au Senegal newspaper: "the good news is finally coming from Uncle Sam. In the greyness of Covid-19, with economies collapsing all over the world. "To prolong his nirvana in power, the fall of Donald Trump is a beautiful light that will illuminate the world, the Senegalese exclaim daily. Thus, America…

In Chad, a few days ago, we told about the discovery of the Chadian Convention for the Defense of Human Rights by a secret prison of the National Security Agency. CTDDH condemns a real death. The government talks about dungeons where prisoners are treated "very well". RFI found five former residents of this detention center, two of whom agreed to testify with their faces exposed.…

The government-led offensive against Tigray province has now been going on for six days. The fighting took place 700 km north of the capital Addis Ababa, without an estimate of the number of casualties due to the cut in telecommunications. Bombings are underway against the TPLF party's positions, the prime minister assures. South of the front line, populations are mobilized to support the war effort.…

Libya's political dialogue forum opens this Monday, November 9, in Tunisia under UN leadership. It is intended to unite the deeply divided Libyans under one leader. But the list of participants is already controversial. If all goes well, this meeting will be able to appoint the next Prime Minister, the next President of the…

Following the bloody attack on the Nigerian youth protest movement by the military, authorities are keeping the pressure on some identified individuals within the #EndSars movement. Twenty of them's bank accounts were frozen, following a decision by the Nigerian central bank. The #EndSars movement has always claimed to be leaderless, but the Nigerian authorities seem to have identified some of its alleged "promoters". They are under increasing pressure, almost three weeks after the army intervened the peaceful movement of…

On November 10, 1995, Nigerian author and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight comrades had been by chance executed by President Normal Sani Abacha's regime after a controversial trial. A member of the Ogoni minority, he warned the worldview concerning the ecological disasters linked to the exploitation of oil within the Niger Delta. Twenty-five years later, Ken Saro-Wiwa has left heirs. .