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NAIROBI, Kenya — In a dramatic twist, Somalia's Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi mentioned supporting Ethiopian insurgents if Ethiopia advances with a contentious deal involving Somaliland. These comments, shared on Universal TV on September 12, represent a spike in regional tension. This tension stems from an agreement penned earlier this year where Ethiopia gains access to the Red Sea via Somaliland’s shores, potentially acknowledging Somaliland's plea for independence. Naturally, Somalia, viewing…

More than eight months after the start of the conflict, the former regional power and its forces have conquered much of the province and have now entered the neighboring province of Amharara. The rebels claim several successes and promise to continue their breakthrough. The rebels claim they are continuing their progress in the Amhara Territory. This weekend, they claimed to have captured a first city, Adi Arkay, without stopping there. Their spokesman now says that resorts more than 100 km south, such as Bere Mariyam,…

The rhetoric continues to ignite in Ethiopia. More and more reactions are emerging after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's comments. On Sunday, the head of government identified Tigray's rebel movement as a disease or an invasive plant. Words that some call incitement to hatred. With our regional correspondent in Nairobi, Sebastien…

On May 9, Army Chief of Staff Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud was greeted triumphantly in Ndjamena after weeks of confrontation with rebels from the Front for Alternation and Concord in Chad near Nokou. The rebels who were taken to prison were presented to the press. Two months later, Chad's civil society is concerned about the fate of six officials in the fact that it has no news about and the conditions for…

The daily Addis Standardconfirms it: TDF, Tigray Defense Forces, took back the city of Mekelelundi, during the shouts of joy and the songs of the inhabitants. A little earlier, the Ethiopian newspaper details, the provincial administration of the province had seen its request for a ceasefire accepted by the federal government. A unilateral ceasefire, which is officially prescribed to allow farmers in the region to begin…

Since the publication in 2006 of his first novel And the sky forgot to rain, the Mauritanian author Beyrouk has established himself as one of the greatest voices in African literature in French. Author today of six novels and a collection of short stories, he tells story by story the breaking lines of his society torn between tradition and modernity. The desert so close, its majestic and disturbing enormity form the background of his…

The Senegalese army carried out airstrikes and heavy weapons against a rebel-held base in Casamance, in southern Senegal, on the border between Bissau and Guinea. as reported from Dakar, Birahim ToureThis security operation aimed to dismantle the military bases of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) and allow…

Chad's army on Sunday claimed victory over northern rebels after weeks of preventing that led to the killing of President Idriss Deby Itno. Nonetheless, the insurgent group Entrance for Change and Harmony in Chad (FACT) mentioned it was not conscious that the preventing would finish. The group "will remark when it has dependable and credible info," mentioned FACT spokesman Kingabe Ogouzeimi de Tapol. Transitional army officers have beforehand mentioned they've defeated the rebels simply to hold…

The military claims to have deployed "exterior the state to hurt" the insurgency after heavy combating within the Nokou space, north of Mao, in Kanem province. In an announcement, the insurgent group condemns Barkhane's involvement in what they name "Chadian-Chadian" offers. One week in the past, Truth claimed to have shot down an MI fight helicopter from the Chadian military that had come to bomb its…

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a siege is imminent within the battered provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. This siege goals to place an finish to the massacres which have plagued these populations for greater than 20 years. And to attain this, President Tshisekedi determined to switch the powers of the civilian authorities to the navy authorities for a month, together with in the sector of…