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On the third day of the trial of Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives for "conspiracy" and "attempt to undermine state authority", the court tried to understand why weapons were found in the lagoon in Assinie. During the hearing, Commander Jean-Baptiste Kassé Kouamé admitted that he had ordered his men on December 23, 2019 to destroy weapons stored at GPS's political movement quarters and throw them…

In Ethiopia, it has now been two months since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assured that the Eritrean army would withdraw from the province of Tigray, where it has been intervening since November with Ethiopian troops. Nevertheless, Asmara's troops are still active in the region. While Ethiopia would once again have asked for their resignation. But is an Eritrean withdrawal really a realistic option today?…

In Ethiopia, the Tigray conflict continues. Our special envoy was able to document a massacre perpetrated by the Eritreans, who in this conflict are fighting alongside the Ethiopian Federal Army. With our special correspondent in Goda, Sebastien nemethTigray, this region of northern Ethiopia, has been plagued by violence since…

The Eritreans, concerned within the protracted battle on this province in northern Ethiopia, would have centered specifically on the financial system and manufacturing instruments. RFI visited a granite and stone processing plant that employed greater than 700 individuals. With our particular correspondent in Wukro, Sebastien…

KDF troopers killed in lethal ambush NAIROBI, Kenya - Not less than three Kenya Protection Forces troops had been killed on Tuesday in Lamu, inside the coastal area of Kenya, mentioned spokesman Colonel Zipporah Kioki, including that the attackers used IEDs earlier than ambushing the troops who had been on common patrol. The incident, the primary to happen in Kenyan soil in so many months, came…

The Rwandan president will go to Paris on Monday and Tuesday. Paul Kagame will attend two separate summits: one on Sudan and one on African economies. He also needs to meet former French troopers who served in Rwanda between 1990 and 1994. One other step in warming diplomatic relations between the 2 international locations. A pattern seen positively in Kigali.…

Households are protesting in Mogadishu over "lacking" troopers coaching in Eritrea MOGADISHU, Somalia - A lot of relations whose beloved ones have reportedly been educated in Eritrea organized demonstrations and requested for the whereabouts of younger males, which the federal government has not accounted for in the previous few days. The demonstrations began within the streets of…

Preventing continues to be raging within the Ethiopian province of Tigray, between the insurgency and the Ethiopian federal troops, supported by Amhara militiamen and the Eritrean military. She is accused of many crimes and the worldwide neighborhood calls for that she go away Ethiopia. However what can we learn about this military and its troopers? On the Eritrean facet, we're speaking about compelled…

In Nigeria, 31 troopers have been killed on Sunday, April 25, authorities stated. These answerable for the assault are believed to be the jihadists from the Islamic State group in West Africa. Nigerian troopers are stated to have been ambushed. Based on the Nigerian military, the navy convoy of about twenty automobiles was…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Outgoing Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble visited Somalia's national army on Monday troops at the military hospital in Mogadishu, where dozens of them are undergoing treatment after several Al-Shabaab attacks in Lower Shebelle on Saturday. The Somali-based Al-Shabaab militants ran over Awdheele and Barire military bases early Saturday morning, leading to fierce fighting with the troops paying attention. This was the first time Al-Shabaab attacked SNA bases in so many months. Roble, who was…