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Al-Shabaab remains a threat to Somalia, the UN said MOGADISHU, Somalia - The UN insists that al-Shabaab militants remain a major threat to the ongoing process of promoting peace, stability and development in Somalia, because they can carry out small to large sporadic attacks. Al-Shabaab pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and has since carried out serious attacks on members of the security forces,…

Monusco is worried that insecurity will continue in Shabunda, this vast territory in southern Kivu. Insecurity due to the activism of armed groups illustrated by attacks, looting and sexual violence in this mineral-rich forest area. This is especially the case for the village of Kigulube. With our return correspondent from…

After the then Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and the Minister of the Interior Dominique de Villepin, Michèle Alliot-Marie was at the helm on Tuesday afternoon, April 13. With always the same question at the heart of the hearings: why did France release the alleged pilots made available by Togo, who, however, had warned through the channels of three ministries? The testimony of the former Minister…

Palma is now a ghost town after the large-scale attack in recent days carried out by fighters from a jihadist group affiliated with the Islamic State. The majority of its 75,000 inhabitants have fled the city. On Monday, the authorities in Maputo organized a helicopter flight for journalists. In particular, a journalist from…

The deadly remains of Ivory Coast Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko were returned to Abidjan in Ivory Coast yesterday, March 13. The head of government died on Wednesday in Germany at the age of 56 from a dazzling cancer. The Ivorian president, the deceased family, officials, but also hundreds of anonymous people were present when the coffin arrived to pay tribute to the statesman.…

In Djugu territory, Ituri province, the situation is still tense. In December, the number of attacks attributed to Codeco militia increases and the population demands a strengthening of the security system. In some areas it leaves the villages and approaches the Monusco bases. As in Roe, about 70 km from Bunia, where almost 30,000 displaced people gathered near a peacekeeping position. Charlotte is 42 years old. Since June, she has joined the makeshift camp for displaced people around the temporary base for the UN mission…

Ten years in the past, the spark of the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia, in Sidi Bouzid, a disadvantaged village within the heart of the nation the place Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on hearth. Ten years later, within the area, social anger has not died, fairly the other. And the well being disaster solely exacerbated the signs. Dozens of cities are demonstrating to demand the promised jobs and funding.…

French General François Lecointre returned on December 12 from a two-day inspection visit to Niger and Mali, his seventh visit to the Barkhane Force's Operational Theater. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces went to meet French soldiers and their partners from the Malian armed forces. The possibility of an overview of military operations one month before the anniversary of the Pau summit, 13 January, when a change in the format of French…

Since the meeting between Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and the leader of the united opposition, Henri Konan Bédié, on November 11, the two camps have been relatively quiet. Although tensions have fallen one step in the country, the election crisis, which has caused the deaths of at least 85 people, is far from resolved. On Friday, November 20, Henri Konan Bédié, chairman of the PDCI, officially announced that he would "suspend" this dialogue as long as the opposition cadres, still in prison, were not released. "I…

South Sudan, independent since 2011, is struggling to recover from a six-year civil war that officially ended in February. In 2016, the government had launched a conference on national dialogue to stop the spiral of violence. The trial ended a few days ago, but the violence remains. "We must question ourselves in order for the…