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The Town of Palma is evacuated after terrorist attack

The city of Palma in northeastern Mozambique is being evacuated following the terrorist attack that began on Wednesday, March 24. The jihadists from the Al-Shabab group, affiliated with the Islamic State group, had taken control of this city with 75,000 inhabitants in the province of Cabo Delgado. Mozambican security forces are now there, facing "terrorist pockets", according to a national television bulletin. According to the Mozambican government, dozens of people have been killed since Wednesday in Palma. Dozens of…

Mozambique: Jihadists captured town of Palma

In Mozambique, the port city of Palma, in the northeastern part of the country, fell into the hands of jihadist fighters on Saturday who have promised faith in the Islamic group after several days of fighting. A surprise attack was launched on Wednesday and caused hundreds of people to flee. According to security sources, the fighting in the area continues after all. The situation in Palma is uncertain tonight. But security sources quoted by AFP admit that the city has really fallen into the hands of jihadist commands…

Somalia’s Northeastern State police foil terrorist assault key port metropolis

Somalia's Northeastern State police foil terrorist assault key port metropolis BOSSASO, Northeastern State - Police in Northeastern State, the northern federal state of Somalia, rejected an tried terrorist assault within the buying and selling the city of Bosaso, focusing on blameless civilians and safety officers, within the militant's most modern try and wreak havoc and chaos in the rustic. Police…

dozens killed after the attack on the city of Toumour

At least 27 people were killed overnight from Saturday to Sunday, in the Toumour area, in the Diffa region, in south-eastern Niger. According to an official from the Bosso department to which this municipality belongs, this attack was carried out by the Boko Haram group. Early in the evening, nearly 70 armed men arrived in the…

the string tightens around the city of Mekele

In Ethiopia, the conflict in the province of Tigray continues, still cut off from the world since the fighting began on November 4. The federal army says it is advancing against the dissident regional capital Mekele and is preparing to invade it. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave the TPLF, the party that runs the region, three days to give up, and the army warned residents of the city and caused a UN…

[Série pont Sénégambie]: the economic downturn in the city of Farafenni (3/3)

The last episode of our series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge that has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. Inaugurated on January 21, 2019, the Sénégambien Bridge stretches across the Gambia River and allows easy connection of southern Senegal to the north. It replaces the old ferry that required waiting long hours before crossing or even several days for truck…

Hussein Bakri, the “humanistic” architect of Akon City

Hussein Bakri is the Lebanese architect responsible for the design of the Akon City project in Senegal. We met him in the United Arab Emirates, where he lives. This “citizen of the world” told us about his architectural philosophy. "I'm surprised by your request". These are the first words that Hussein Bakri used when we met…

Ivory Coast: how the town of Korhogo opened up

The fourth largest metropolis in Côte d'Ivoire, Korhogo is taken into account the capital of the northern nation of the Senufo individuals area. The town, which was significantly remoted a couple of years in the past, has benefited from financial progress particularly because of the accession to energy of one in all its most well-known residents: former Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. .

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