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REPORT: How to revive the broken Somali National Army MOGADISHU, Somalia - For over three decades, Somalia has struggled to rebuild a security force free from clan antagonism and Al-Shabaab infiltration, but these efforts appear to face obstacles and may consequently delay the project, which has been going on for years. There are three categories of security forces in Somalia; the…

In the Central African Republic, national consultations begin on Monday morning to prepare for the major Republican dialogue announced by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra in March last year. The president was re-elected after controversial elections, which had been disrupted by a coalition of armed groups, the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC), since December. The start of this dialogue had long…

For almost two months, artists have occupied the National Arts Council in Johannesburg. This institution would distribute EUR 17 million through a presidential fund to support employment, but not all applicants could benefit from it. At the initiative of opera singer Sibongile Mngoma, artists took possession of the building in early March to demand transparency in the distribution of funds and to…

National Day of Mourning in Madagascar. Former President Admiral Didier Ratsiraka died on Sunday at the age of 84 at the military hospital in Antananarivo. His relatives indicate that he gave up for cardiac arrest while he had been in hospital since Tuesday for a "routine check-up due to a small flu". Tributes to this symbolic figure in Malagasy political life have followed one another. In a blue suit, the serious face, the current head of state, who had asked for his condolences in the morning on his Facebook page,…

Algerian researchers must have access to the archives of Algeria kept in France by Abdelmajid Chikhi, Director General of the Algerian National Archives. The latter requires the opening of archives on both sides of the Mediterranean. Abdelmajid Chikhi was a guest on Monday on the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera in a program about the…

In Guinea, the National Front for Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) is pursuing its transformation: one year after the referendum on 22 March 2020, which resulted in a modification of the disputed constitution, it continues to condemn "a coup" and is still opposed to a third period of President Alpha Condé. At the same time, this movement, which brings together opposition parties and civil society, seeks to broaden its commitment to more social demands. After months of discussions, the FNDC is implementing a change: its…

Customs duty is growing in Niger. On the evening of Monday, March 22, the government announced that attacks on Sunday against villages and camps in the Tahoua region near Mali resulted in the deaths of 137 people. These attacks are the deadliest committed in the country by suspected jihadists in recent years. A three-day national mourning was issued from this Tuesday.…

President Rajoelina spoke on national television and radio on Saturday, March 20th. The country, which has been exposed to another wave of pollution in recent weeks, has registered a total of 22,275 cases of coronavirus, including 345 deaths. Another wave amplified by the presence of the South African variant, the head of state said. During his intervention, the head of state in particular tried to…

In Niger, three days of national mourning begin today after the death on Monday, March 15, of 58 people during an attack in the town of Banibangou in the Tillabéry region of the western country. The victims were villagers returning from the weekly market in Banibangou, towards the Malian border. On Wednesday morning, an extraordinary National Security Council was convened.…

It is a special parliamentary session that opened on Monday, March 15, the first in the era of "The Holy Union", the new parliamentary majority, which was constituted on the initiative of Head of State Felix Tshisekedi. It is also during this session that the new government will be invested after the appointment a month ago by Prime Minister Sama Lukonde.…