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The African Union is determined to play its part in resolving the armed conflict that has shaken Libya for ten years. This explains the visit in the last two days to the Congolese Denis Sassou Nguesso, Chairman of the AU High Committee for Libya, by Mohamed El-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council. with our…

On July 28, it has been 100 days since the head of the Transitional Military Council, Mahamat Idriss Déby, took over as head of Chad after the death of his father Idriss Déby Itno. The political parties took the opportunity to make an overview of the first 100 days of the transition. With our correspondents in Ndjamena,Aurélie…

In his capacity as Chairman of the African Union (AU) High Level Committee on the Libyan Crisis, Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will receive this Monday, July 26, in Brazzaville, the Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Younis el-Menfi. The AU wants to be more involved in resolving the Libyan conflict, which has had repercussions in other parts of the continent for ten years.…

The High Representative of the African Union for the political transition of Chad, who already occupied the post of Special Envoy for the same organization, will land in Ndjamena on Sunday to "take up his post". His arrival was eagerly awaited in Chad, the only African country that has not been sanctioned by the AU since the…

It is the Congolese-Brazzaville diplomat, Basile Ikouébé, who finally two days ago inherited the post of High Representative of the African Union (AU) for the transition to Chad. It is expected this Sunday, July 25, in Ndjamena. With a moment's notice, the Congolese Basile Ikouébé succeeds Senegalese Ibrahima Fall, challenged…

The information was formalized by a statement from the African Union and Israeli diplomacy on Thursday, July 22. The new Israeli ambassador, currently stationed in Addis Ababa, handed over his duties to Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the African Union Commission. A photo of the two diplomats posing with the green African Union flag marks the event. "This corrects an anomaly that has been going on for almost two decades," said a statement from Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Israel thus regains its observer status,…

The African Union announces the appointment of a new High Representative in Chad. It is the Congolese Basile Ikouébé, who already holds the post of special envoy for the AU in Ndjamena and who will therefore combine the two positions. This is the epilogue about the deviation that stood the African Union against the ruling military junta after the appointment of Senegalese Ibrahima Fall, which the…

After systematically sanctioning all countries where there has been a coup in recent years, the African Union made an exception for Chad. Following the takeover of the Military Transitional Council (CMT) three months ago, on April 20, the AU highlighted exceptional circumstances surrounding this coup. But since then, CMT's relations with AU have been strained.…

Ethiopia has completed the filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River for a second year, an official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday, in a move that is likely to raise further tensions with Egypt and Sudan, which have long protested against project. "The first filling was already made last year. The second is already ready today. So today or tomorrow, the second filling will be announced," the official said, adding that there is now enough water stored to start producing energy. The…

The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union, Bankolé Adéoye, left on Friday 9 July in Ndjamena, who had arrived two days earlier in an attempt to put an end to the crisis born of the Transitional Government's decision to reject the AU appointment. High Representative in Chad, the Senegalese Ibrahima Fall. If we are to believe a statement from the Chadian Presidency,…