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The US Secretary of State met with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris. The issue of the fight against terrorism in the Sahela was raised in particular, while President Emmanuel Macron announced the in-depth transformation of Operation Barkhane in Mali. A change that should not call into question US support for the region.…

Nicholas Dlaminis turns into the primary black South African to participate within the Tour de France. Since 2015, Massive Loop has welcomed a number of runners from the African continent with roughly regularity. Two different South Africans, Louis Meintjes and StefandeBod, may even signify Africa for this 108th version. On…

The UN envoy to the Central African Republic on Wednesday accused the country's security forces and their Russian allies of several human rights violations. The Central African Republic's closer relationship with Moscow dates back to 2018, when Russia sent "instructors" to help train its besieged armed forces and supplied small arms and were relieved of the UN arms embargo. One of the world's poorest countries, the Central African Republic, has been chronically unstable since gaining independence from France in 1960.…

French leaders of Amesys and Nexa Technologies are accused of participating in an act of torture for the sale of surveillance equipment to Egypt and Libya. This follows a complaint from the International Federation for Human Rights and The League of Human Rights. To date, four men, former directors or still in office, have been…

In the Central African Republic, six months after the presidential election, one month after the end of the legislative election and almost two weeks after the appointment of the Prime Minister, the country still does not know the composition of its new government. Central Africans are impatient, but the new tenant of Prime Minister Henri-Marie Dondra takes his time, time to receive the audience a large…

A dozen tourists, Russians and a Lithuanian, were arrested just over a week ago in the Chadian Sahara, near Faya-Largeau, in the north of the country. They were returned to the capital Ndjamena manu militari, and were admitted to an exclusive hotel pending the completion of the ongoing investigation to determine the reasons for their presence in an area considered "red".…

According to our information, Almahmoud ag Baye, alias Ikarey, was neutralized on Tuesday, June 15, in a town southwest of Ménaka, in northeastern Mali. The French and Nigerian armies carried out several counter-terrorism operations last week in this Malian region bordering Niger. An offensive that also resulted in the arrest of four other EIGS executives.…

In Burkina Faso, the legal soap opera between the Bolloré group and SopamSA - a company of Burkinabè businessman Mohamed Sogli - continues. The latter is suing the French group for damages incurred during the transport of an electricity group from France to Burkina Faso. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya BoudaniIn 2010, the…

France on Friday criticized Russia over what it called a "takeover" of the Central African Republic. Paris also acknowledged that the African country's cooperation with Russian "mercenaries" had led France to reduce its military support. Earlier this month, the French military suspended budget support and military cooperation with the Central African Republic and accused its government of being "involved" in an anti-French disinformation campaign with Russia. The Central African Republic has become a…

The Prime Minister's rapporteur presented his conclusions in the debate on access to French public archives. A collective of historians and archivists had taken it on the law text IGI1300 which prevents automatic declassification of archives over 50 years old. Its opinion is advisory only, but it is usually very influential.…