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A number of demonstrations befell on Sunday, October 25, in western Libya to protest in opposition to Emmanuel Macron's phrases defending the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The chance for the authorities in Tripoli, near Turkey, to resume their mistrust of France, accused of supporting the rival authority within the east and extra particularly Marshal Khalifa Haftar.…

In Tunisia, civil society figures condemn the words of an Islamist deputy who justified the assassination in France of history professor Samuel Paty. Coming from academia, research, or the art world, about forty of them have signed an unequivocal petition to condemn dumb remarks and demand justice. The signatories, primarily from progressive and modernist academia, find it scandalous that a member of the nation can afford to justify death by beheading of French teacher, reports our correspondent in Tunis, Michel Picard.…

A UN judge ruled on Wednesday that Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga, who has been in a French prison since May, should be sent to a detention center in The Hague ahead of his trial. "I hereby amend the arrest warrant and the transfer order," said Judge Iain Bonomy of Arusha, Tanzania. "I think there are unusual…

The beheading of Samuel Paty provoked robust reactions inside the political class and on the Tunisian social networks. The phrases of a deputy justifying the killers' intentions created the scandal, whereas however there have been studies of condemnation of the act, particularly the conservative celebration Ennahda. as reported…

Thirty-three years after the assassination of former Burkinabé president Thomas Sankara, the case was referred to the control chamber of the Ouagadougou Military Tribunal, which according to authorities gives hope for a trial in 2021. lawyers for the deceased's family broke the news last Thursday. But France has not delivered all its archives, hence the impatience, expressed in a press release from the international network "Justice for Sankara, justice for Africa". In 2017, during a visit to Burkina Faso, French…

Greater than 5 million Guinean voters have been referred to as to the polls Sunday to elect their president. Aside from a number of minor incidents, the vote came about peacefully.So who wins? There are definitely dozens of candidates, however this presidential election might be summed up as a duel between outgoing President Alpha Condé and his fundamental opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo.And the strain is palpable between the…

Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces, General François Lecointre insisted on the terrorist nature of "Islamist insurgents" in Mali, thus responding to the remarks of former hostage Sophie Pétronin. "French soldiers would never have the idea of ​​taking hostages for the release of French prisoners." This is the strong response that the Chief of Staff of the French armies wanted to give Sophie Petronin this Wednesday. Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Armed Forces,…

Common Christophe Gomart was accountable for the Directorate of Army Intelligence between August 2013 and Might 2017. Previous to that, he commanded Particular Operations from August 2011 to June 2013. He was among the many architects of the recapture. from northern Mali in 2013 and earlier than the French intervention in Libya in 2011. Retired from the French military, he now publishes his army memoirs…

Five days after the release of Soumaïla Cissé, Sophie Pétronin and two Italian hostages of the Islamist and Muslim support group linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in exchange for jihadist fighters, there are still many questions surrounding this exchange. We know a little more every day about released jihadists in return for the four hostages. We now know their number. Having long cautiously claimed that there were several dozen, we now know with certainty that they were more than 200. Two hundred and six is…

Four days after the release of Sophie Pétronin, Soumaila Cissé and the two Italian hostages, the gray areas are still numerous. France assures it in any case: its role in this affair was only secondary. "The operation was carried out by the Malians, the terms of the negotiations were not carried out by France". This is the message conveyed by the Elysée while the conditions for the release of Sophie Pétronin raise questions. If the two countries' external services have worked together, it is Bamako who has kept control…