Questions over the role of one of Ireland’s biggest industrial sites in Russia’s war economy moved sharply into focus after EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the facts around Aughinish Alumina must be fully established, while making clear that Brussels is relying on Ireland to carry out the investigation. The Limerick-based refinery is under scrutiny amid allegations that alumina shipped from the plant ultimately reaches Russia’s war machine, supporting a campaign that has killed thousands in Ukraine. Speaking on…

The military claims to have deployed "exterior the state to hurt" the insurgency after heavy combating within the Nokou space, north of Mao, in Kanem province. In an announcement, the insurgent group condemns Barkhane's involvement in what they name "Chadian-Chadian" offers. One week in the past, Truth claimed to have shot down an MI fight helicopter from the Chadian military that had come to bomb its…

We agree on a ceasefire, for a political solution. Today, there must be a place for an inclusive national dialogue that must cover all the political components of Chadia's life. Mahamat Mahadi Ali, Leader of the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad (Facts). Bineta Diagne .

Conflicts continue in Kanem province, where fighting has already taken place on Saturday afternoon, April 17. Chadia's armed forces have been fighting for a week with rebel columns of facts, Front for Alternation and Concord, for entry into the north of the country from their rear bases in Libya a week ago. In an interview with RFI exclusively, the head of Fact Mahamat Mahadi Ali admitted that his columns had been forced to pursue "a strategic withdrawal". According to our information, the fighting continued on Sunday…