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To meet the health crisis, major measures have been taken in Mali. But that's not all. At the same time, the authorities invoke "the country's security situation" and "persistent terrorist acts" to implement a whole range of other measures. Without any connection to Covid-19, they mark a serious screwdriver. Mali has been in…

According to her, military justice made this decision the day after the funeral of the former head of military intelligence who died in late February under circumstances that have not yet been clarified. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda MuzembeA few days after her husband's funeral on Sunday, December 8, in…

French General François Lecointre returned on December 12 from a two-day inspection visit to Niger and Mali, his seventh visit to the Barkhane Force's Operational Theater. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces went to meet French soldiers and their partners from the Malian armed forces. The possibility of an overview of military operations one month before the anniversary of the Pau summit, 13 January, when a change in the format of French…

Postponed several times, local elections for elected councilors will take place today across Niger. They have not taken place since 2004 and the main effort is the control of the municipalities, especially the big cities such as Niamey, Zinder and Maradi. Members are elected for a five-year period. These elections also make it possible for political parties to know their weight before the major…

The discrepancy continues between General Burhan, the head of the sovereign council, and part of civil society and political parties.

When the election campaigns start final week, home and worldwide observers are nonetheless ready for his or her duties to observe the vote. However time is working out, as of this Sunday, December 13, Nigeria's elections will go to the regional and municipal elections. December 27 would be the first spherical of presidential elections. Some observers query the competence of Ceni, the impartial…

The election campaigns for the presidential and legislative elections on December 27 are open in Niger. Thirty candidates are vying for the chairmanship and 359 for the 171 deputies. At the end of these elections, a democratically elected president will lead the torch to another civilian candidate, a first in Niger. with our…

Nigerian General Oumarou Namata, commander of the G5 Sahel Joint Force, was in Paris on Wednesday, December 2. RFI could meet him exclusively. General Namata assures us that the joint force, three years after its creation, has now reached maturity in the fight against armed terrorist groups. If the military presence in the Sahel becomes international with the gradual arrival of the European Takuba…

On Wednesday, November 25, the Mali Council of Ministers decided on a wide range of appointments to ministries, especially for national reconciliation, with personalities who do not necessarily agree, and especially with a very large number of soldiers in governorships (13 of 20 regions). Among the named soldiers, one name is more controversial: Brigadier General Keba Sangaré, attached to a recently…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (IGF) announced yesterday, Wednesday 18 November, the results of five investigative missions. As a result, scandals over alleged embezzlement of public funds, especially in connection with teachers' salaries or the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park, were considered the biggest investment scandal for ex-President Joseph…