These food heroes are guardians of their villages’ food security “Sometimes we are faced with droughts and other times we have floods,” says Anita António Candeeiro, leader of a women’s group of smallholder farmers in
SADC Forces Join Fight Against Mozambique’s Insurgency
South Africa is deploying 1,495 troops to Mozambique to join the standby force of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) assisting the Mozambican government in the fight against terrorism in the northern province of Cabo
Tidjane Thiam: clap de fin dans l’affaire qui avait causé son départ de Credit Suisse ?
La banque a trouvé un accord extrajudiciaire aux poursuites pénales de l’affaire Khan, à l’origine du départ du franco-ivoirien. C’est un feuilleton rocambolesque qui a trouvé son issue le dimanche 25 juillet 2021. Credit Suisse
Exclusivité – Côte d’Ivoire : Patrick Achi, les ambitions d’un équilibriste
Propulsé sur le devant de la scène après le décès d’Hamed Bakayoko, le Premier ministre doit convaincre qu’il est l’homme de la situation. Une mission compliquée pour un technocrate discret, qui s’avère plus politique –
Turkey in the Sahel
Ankara is strengthening ties with Sahelian capitals, building mosques and hospitals and opening up export markets. Its defence pact with Niamey has led rivals to suspect its intentions. Turkey and other outside powers should do
Gunmen on motorbikes raid Niger village, kill 14
The victims of the attack near the Mali border included nine people working in the fields, according to the interior ministry. Armed men on motorbikes have killed at least 14 civilians in an attack in
Young men in Ethiopia’s Amhara start to mobilise against Tigray forces
Residents of Ethiopia’s Amhara region said on Monday some young men were responding to a weekend call to arms by their president, as Amhara’s government denied that forces from neighbouring Tigray had advanced further into
Botswana sends troops to help Mozambique fight insurgency
Botswana sent military troops to Mozambique on Monday, becoming the first country of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community to dispatch soldiers to help battle an Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Cabo Delgado province. Botswana’s
Sudan in crisis as mistrust poisons security sector reform agenda well
Delay in the integration of former Darfur armed groups into the national military threatens the country’s stability Twenty-seven months after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, the transitional government is still grappling with
Tanzania opposition leader charged with ‘terror-related’ crimes
Freeman Mbowe was arrested last week while preparing for a meeting on new constitution proposals. A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with “terrorism-related” crimes, police said on Monday,