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Is the rapprochement between Burkina and Russia the real motivation for the coup? Does France support Lieutenant Colonel Damiba? These two questions were this Saturday at the heart of statements by the putschist soldiers who took power on Friday 30 October.…

Tunisia's president on Thursday released an electoral law reducing, but not ending, the role of political parties in a reformed parliament that will have fewer powers under a constitution adopted in July.…

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France goes on the offensive in the information war. To counter foreign influence, especially in Africa, where anti-French sentiment has clearly risen in recent years, French…

The United States seeks a "true partnership" with Africa and does not try to "overtake" other world powers in its struggle for influence on the continent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.…

Graffiti in Muslim-dominated Mombasa rally towards the 2017 elections with the Kiswahili slogan "Kura ni Haramu" ("voting is haram/forbidden"). Photo by Janer Murikira/picture alliance through Getty Images Kenyan Muslims performed a position within the push to repeal repressive political legal guidelines within the nation within the early Nineties. But Muslims, who make up 11% of the inhabitants, have but to take pleasure in the fruits of their activist labor. This is as a result of they continue to be shared. Their…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in South Africa on Sunday to kick off a three-country tour that will also take him to DR Congo and Rwanda, aimed at "strategizing to counter Russian efforts to undermine democracy in Africa “, according to a political scientist based in France. Russia, France and now the United States. "It's as if a new cold war is being played out in…

Russian, French and American leaders are criss-crossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and French President Emmanuel Macron are each visiting several African countries this week. Samantha Power, director of the…

In tonight's edition: The French president has embarked on a tour of Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau as French influence in Africa is challenged in several countries. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister…

In Niger, the interior ministers, defense and humanitarian action went to the scene of the Tillia massacre on Thursday in the Tahoua region, in the north of the country. Several attacks have taken place in the last ten days in the region. All indications are that they would be implemented by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS). EIGS has largely expanded its grip on this part of the three…