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There are no official comments yet in the Sahelian capitals affected by the decision to end Operation Barkhane. In Bamako, where the coup carried out by Colonel Assimi Goïta three weeks ago has seized France, the power junta did not always react. this Friday, June 11, but the country will have to face many challenges. as…

Paris has confirmed the death of Baye Ag Bakabo, the head of the command who kidnapped our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon on November 2, 2013 in Kidal in northern Mali. The information had been circulating since Wednesday, June 9, but was then not official. Several members of Baye Ag Bakabo's family had announced his death on social media, but neither Barkhane nor Elysee, who was contacted at the time, had confirmed. According to our information, Baye Ag Bakabo was killed near the town of Aguelhok where…

President Macron wants to "deeply transform" the French military presence in the Sahel. He explained this on Thursday during a press conference. Specifically, this means a reduction of French personnel in the region and the "end of Operation Barkhane as an external operation", in favor of an international alliance associating states in the region and Europeans. Explanations.…

The decree, dated June 8, appeared yesterday Thursday in the French official newspaper. This makes the archipelago the glorious islands, which belong to the scattered islands, the 170th French nature reserve. The glorious islands, located in the Mozambique Channel, and French possession, were still part of the islets that Madagascar claimed against France since 1973. The claim was repeated by President…

The Ivorian Prime Minister Patrick Achi and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, today inaugurated the International Academy for the Fight against Terrorism AILCT in Jacqueville, about 60 kilometers from Abidjan. The first part of the project has been delivered, but the website is up and running and can be run at full speed. We will do training, strategy and practice…

On Thursday, June 10, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a "profound transformation" of the French military presence in the Sahel and the establishment of an international anti-jihadist alliance in the region. "At the end of the consultations (..) we will embark on a profound transformation of our military presence in…

It's an innovative festival that opened its doors on Wednesday 9 June in the heart of Paris: until Sunday 13 June, creators from all over the world will be present in virtual reality or augmented reality. And this year, in collaboration with the "Africa 2020" season for the Institut français, the Forum des images honors African creators.…

Diplomatic passports stamped with Guinea's Bissauvendu's official stamp for French employers, economists or consultants from a Parisian building. This reveals a Liberation survey. He followed in the footsteps of several men who benefited from this market. It is by investigating former police officers or soldiers who have…

France has frozen its budget support and suspended military cooperation with the Central African Republic. Paris justifies this decision with unfulfilled commitments from the Central African authorities "both politically towards the opposition and behavior towards France", the French Ministry of Armed Forces specifies. The tea towel is burning between Paris and Bangui, but signs of conviction have…

France has suspended aid and military cooperation in the Central African Republic because of what it says is the government's failure to stop "massive disinformation campaigns" aimed at its officials, the Ministry of Armed Forces said. France has cut 10 million euros ($ 12.18 million) in budget support for its former colony and stopped direct military cooperation, the ministry told Reuters in an email on Tuesday. "A number of commitments made by the Central African authorities to France have not been…