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NAIROBI, Kenya - According to state media reports, the commander-in-chief of the Tigraya Defense Force surrendered to the Ethiopian National Defense Force . Colonel Gebrehivot Gebreaelaf, a respected commander in the TDFranks, reportedly deserted on Saturday, which could significantly affect the advancementofTigray's army, which is movinginto Afar and Amhara in northern Ethiopia.State media reported that Colonel Gebrechivot Gebreaelaf sidedwithGasaiwithhim. TDF spokesman Getachew Rada was not available for comment, but…

Chad announced this Saturday, August 21, that it had withdrawn half of its troops deployed in February within the G5 Sahel's anti-jihadist force in the so-called "three borders" area, the border areas of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. An announcement by the Chadian government spokesman Abderaman Koulamallah, which minimizes this withdrawal.…

SNA chief clashes with AMISOM force commander over anti-Al-Shabaab offensive MOGADISHU, Somalia - A dispute has arisen between the Somali national army and the African Union Mission Forces in Somalia, reports the Voice of America, in what could potentially ruin the gains made so far in the fight against Al-Shabaab militants. VOA Somali claims that SNA chief Gen. Odowaa Yusuf Rageh wrote a…

It is RFI information, the rag is burning between the Transitional Authority and the AU Commission since the appointment of Senegalese Ibrahima Fall to the post of High Representative of the African Union to support the transition. A meeting that the Transitional Military Council, installed on April 20, does not want to hear about. This crisis, which has been raging since his appointment in June, has…

French forces in Operation Barkhane were attacked on Monday in northern Mali, 160 km south of the main northern city of Gao. It is a vehicle bomb used by the jihadists. French soldiers and Malian civilians were injured, suicide bombers were killed. as reported from Bamako, Serge DanielOn the outskirts of the Malian town of…

EDITORIAL | President Mohamed Farmaajo, whose term expired on February 8, may know that he now has little chance of any of his bids to stay longer, with no election, getting a cheerful ear. But it seems that his desire to achieve his personal goal must be achieved at all costs, including tarnishing the image of the country and harming the pride of its people. The latest nail arrived on Thursday, when the African Union's Peace and Security Council condemned it, calling for a unilateral action by Somalia's federal lower…

During the bombing of Bouaké on Friday, April 9, the Paris Assize Court began hearing General Henri Poncet, commander of the Licorne force. With our special correspondent at the courthouse in Paris, Laura MartelHis first words are to the victims: "I hope I was able to give the answers they have been waiting for for 17 years,"…

According to local elected officials, six young Malians were killed on Thursday, March 25, in the northeastern part of the country in a strike that the French force Barkhane described as targeting jihadists. Local notables speak of young hunters killed during persecuting game. They request that an investigation be initiated and that liability be established.…

A few tens of thousands of soldiers, police and gendarmes went to the polls yesterday, Wednesday 17 March in Congo-Brazzaville. They voted in advance and will be broadcast from Thursday, March 18, in the centers they will secure during the general vote on March 21, according to authorities. The opposition and civil society did not appreciate this early vote, a first experience attempted by the country.…

BELEDWEYNE, Somalia - Somalia witnessed scenes of violence and chaos as protests against the government continued into the third week with several eyewitness accounts of AU forces opening fire on protesters. Violent clashes have erupted in the streets of Hiran's regional capital, Beledweyne, between Somali forces and protesters calling for the release of dozens arrested during massive security operations. At least three people were injured, including a woman, according to hospital sources. The protesters accused…