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Russia is increasingly present in Africa through official diplomacy but also through private actors such as Evgueni Prigojine, who is considered the leader of the Wagner militia, and various companies that specialize in online disinformation. In a study that has just been published, Maxime Audinet, a researcher at the IRSEM (Institute for Strategic Research of the Military School) and author of a dissertation on Russian influence at the University of Nanterre, analyzes this Russian influence in Africa, in Central Africa.…

In Mali itself, the newspaper Malikilé wonders whether it is a "confession of failure in France's military strategy in the Sahel", a "bloodbath" or a "great irritation. The development of the situation in Mali". In all his questions, Malikilé also states that "the future candidate Emmanuel Macron saves himself a sword of Damocles over his head with possible reports of French soldiers being killed somewhere in the vast…

The Paris summit on the financing of African economies was held on Tuesday 18 Might. A serious worldwide assembly, centered on the thorny subject of debt, by which China participated, by video convention. In the event you put a number of financial urge for food to Beijing in Africa, Chinese language funding remains to be in sharp decline and the main focus of the debt service is altering.…

In Mauritania, the non-public residence of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been demolished within the final three days. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour SalemThat is what his legal professionals report, claiming that the demolition of the previous president's non-public residence was ordered by…

The Chadian president died on Tuesday, April 20, in the combat zone in the northwest of the country. A dozen foreign heads of state are on hand this Friday to pay tribute to a final national tribute to the Marshal of Chad. as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra NakoEleven heads of state, including the French, Emmanuel Macron, the…

On Friday, April 17, Eritrea acknowledged for the first time the presence of its troops in Ethiopia and announced that they would withdraw. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardSpeech exchange for Eritrea. Since the beginning of November, the central power of Addis Ababa has been fighting the regional power in Tigray,…

Eritrea told the UN Security Council on Friday that it had agreed to begin withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region and publicly recognizing for the first time the country's involvement in the conflict. The inclusion in a letter to the 15-member council - and published online by the Eritrean Ministry of Information - comes a day after UN Secretary-General Mark Lowcock said the world body had seen no evidence of Eritrean troops withdrawing. "As the looming serious threat has been largely counteracted,…

In Chad, 7.3 million voters were called to the polls on Sunday to decide between ten candidates, including the current head of state Idriss Déby Itno, who is seeking a new six-year term. In the capital, as in the provinces, there was no crowd in front of the polling stations. In the center and north of Ndjamena, where our…

Civilian movements in eastern Congo demand peacekeepers who cannot stop the violence, according to them. Monusco replies that its role is on the contrary positive. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission in the country is responding to the demonstrations of recent days civil society pressure groups including the…

In northern Mali, among the Minusma contingents most exposed to terrorist acts, there is Chad, based in Aguelhoc, in the Kidal region. A dangerous area that the UN peacekeeping forces are determined to secure. With our special correspondent in Aguelhoc, Serge DanielA convoy of armored vehicles, driven and secured by Chadian…