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In Ethiopia, the Tigrayan rebel offensive continues in the north. Eight months after the start of the war, they captured the provincial capital of Mekele and the majority of Tigray province and are now trying to seize Wolkaït-Tegede, countries west of Tigray, captured in November by militiamen from the nearby Amhara region. They are determined to defend this territory today. Much more than a simple…

"Niger has become a democratic island in the Sahel chaos and we must defend Niger to show that a democratic country can defeat terrorism. This is the message that the Nigerian government is sending to its partners, according to the source in Chad and Mali. Nigerian Foreign Minister Massoudou Hassoumi is visiting Paris. At ChistopheBoisbouvier's microphone, he reacts to everything that shakes the Sahel. He also talks about the United States about Joe Biden and about France by Emmanuel Macron. .

What has happened since the creation of the Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland Corps (VDP) early last year after another massacre that shocked the country, it was the VDP camp in Solhan that had to be 'first targeted by the attackers before attacking the population. When the law it creates VDPs issued in January 2020,…

Northeast Burkina Faso was hit, on the night from Friday to Saturday, by two attacks, one of which left at least 138 dead, the deadliest in this country since the beginning of jihadist violence in 2015. terrorists have caused so many casualties and damage? RFI spoke with Mahamadou Sawadogo, a former gendarme and security specialist in Burkina Faso.…