Au Mali, les violences dans la zone située aux sud et sud-est de Mopti prennent un caractère de plus en plus communautaire. Les autorités de transition devraient harmoniser les initiatives de dialogue, renforcer la présence
Sudan’s Burhan pardons armed groups leaders
The head of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Thursday pardoned the former rebel leaders, two days before their announced return to Khartoum. On October 3, the transitional government, the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)
Western Saharan Polisario says Morocco has ‘ignited war’
The Polisario movement seeking independence for Western Sahara said on Friday that Morocco has broken the 1991 ceasefire between them and had “begun the battle and ignited the war”. Morocco earlier on Friday said it
UN votes to crack down on Somalia’s al-Shabab extremists
The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to prevent the sale or shipment to Somalia of components of improvised explosive devices if there is “significant risk” they may be used to manufacture the often deadly devices
Nigeria: 160 Journalists Attacked in Nigeria in Last Two Years – Report
The report shows that the North-Central zone witnessed the highest number of attacks. About 160 journalists were attacked in Nigeria in the last two years, a report by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism
Tensions flare in Western Sahara as pro-independents Polisario accuse Morocco of ending ceasefire
The pro-independence Polisario Front declared a three-decade-old ceasefire in disputed Western Sahara was over on Friday after Morocco launched an operation to reopen the road to neighbouring Mauritania. Rabat said its troops would “put a
France says it has killed senior al Qaeda operative in Mali
French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa, a military leader of al Qaeda’s North Africa wing, during an operation in northeastern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. The former Malian army colonel,
Saudi will strike those who threaten its security, crown prince warns
Saudi Arabia will strike those who threaten the kingdom’s security and stability with an “iron fist”, the crown prince said on Thursday, one day after an attack on a Remembrance Day ceremony injured two in
Warring Libya sides to open main road, implement truce, U.N. says
Libya’s warring sides will immediately reopen the main coastal road connecting the vast country’s east and west across front lines, the United Nations said on Thursday, as part of a ceasefire deal agreed last month.
Peacekeeping force says 7 killed in Egypt helicopter crash
The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that seven peacekeepers, including five Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. An eighth