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MOGADISHU, Somalia - A contingent from the Somali National Army has been deployed in the capital Mogadishu, amid smoldering political tensions sparked by the House of Commons' decision to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's term illegally this month. The House of Commons gave the government two more years under pressure from the opposition and members of the international community. Farmajo has since accepted the extension after his term expired on February 8th. Several sources suggested to Axadlethat the…

Trade unions are demanding pay rises, housing, generalization of the chalk bonus (teachers who give lessons in class) and remote allowances. More than 2,000 teachers and teachers responded to their unions' call to make their voices heard on the day the government held its weekly Council of Ministers meeting. The gathering of professors a few hundred meters from the presidential palace came on the third day of a strike that began on Monday to demand a pay rise. In the crowd, this union leader, a member of the Coordination…

The Central African Republic will vote on Sunday 27 December to elect its president and his deputies in a tense context. Armed groups, united in a coalition to prevent elections, have started a descent towards the capital Bangui. Fierce fighting has erupted in the interior of the country, with the vote still uncertain due to threats and fears in recent days.…

The authorities and the principal of their school confirm that the 344 high school students in Kankara all returned healthy and sound, after negotiations with their prisoners. This kidnapping was claimed twice by the Boko Haram group, but was carried out by criminal groups in the region. We also know a little more thanks to the testimonies of the children who were reunited with their families on Friday…

The security situation deteriorated sharply on Friday 18 December in the Central African Republic, nine days before the presidential and legislative elections. Several cities in the western part of the country have been attacked by members of various armed groups, according to the UN. La Minusca has deployed significant reinforcements there, saying it is on "high alert" in other regions, including the…

In Nigeria, high school students who were caught last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, northwestern Nigeria, were released on the evening of Thursday, December 17. This mass kidnapping was claimed twice by Abubakar Shekau, leader of a Boko Haram faction, first Tuesday, then Thursday, through a video showing dozens of children being shown by armed men. Some of them are now free, while the…

The Boko Haram group claimed responsibility for the abduction of at least 333 high school students this Tuesday, December 15, in the state of Katsina in northwestern Nigeria. This mass kidnapping, reminiscent of the abduction of 276 high school girls from Chibok in 2014 in Borno State, is the first incident of this magnitude in western Nigeria, until it was spared by the jihadist threat. In the country,…

During the night from Friday to Saturday, several hundred high school students from their boarding school in Kankara were kidnapped by one hundred armed men on motorcycles. This attack, which took place in the state of Katsina in the northwestern part of the country, was first attributed to the "bandits" who usually operate in this area. The allegation of this attack by Abubakar Shekau, which was broadcast on Tuesday morning, December 15, in a voice message marks a turning point in the jihadist group's expansion.…

Still no news of high school students being kidnapped from their school on the night of Thursday the 10th until Friday the 11th in the state of Katsina in northwestern Nigeria. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered all his security services to prioritize this issue. One of the president's spokesmen, Shehu Garba, claims that the perpetrators of this mass kidnapping were in a forest in the state…

During his stay, the delegation met with senior representatives of the former head of state François Bozizé, whose candidacy was rejected. Discussions with François Louncény Fall, one of the members of this delegation, focused on security issues. as reported from Bangui, Charlotte cosset Closing visit of the Joint Delegation of…