Le 11 février restera comme une date marquant le retour du Mali à Kidal et attestant du rattachement de Kidal au Mali : la ville a hébergé la 43ème session du Comité de Suivi de
Houthi offensive leaves dozens dead as UN issues stark warnings
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias want to seize strategic oil-rich Marib, the government’s last northern stronghold, the loss of which would be disastrous for the beleaguered leadership.
Tunisians deeply pessimistic amid worsening political, economic crises
Speaker of Parliament Rached Ghannouchi who also heads the Islamist Ennahda Movement, is the least trusted political figure in the country while the popularity of President Kais Saied is on the decline, according to a
Haftar, Dbeibah and Menfi set to play key roles in Libya’s quest for stability
The visit of the head of the presidential council to Benghazi strengthened Libyans’ optimism about an end to the divisions that have plagued the country since 2014.
Ennahda faces growing challenges amid Tunisia crises
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party, is currently manoeuvring on more than one front to prevent President Kais Saied from forcing Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi to resign.
Egypt urged to remove activists from ‘terrorist’ list
Ramy Shaath and Zyad El-Elaimy were arrested in June 2019 and their names were added to the list last April. An appeal to remove them was heard on Wednesday and the decision is due on
Mali peace deal signatories meet in former rebel city
Signatories to a shaky peace deal deemed vital for ending the conflict in Mali met on Thursday in the northern city of Kidal, a former rebel bastion, an AFP journalist said. The city fell to
Refugees Flee Central African Republic, a Crisis the World Neglects
An unlikely alliance of rebels is laying siege to the capital, displacing about 200,000 people, after a disrupted election. Here is an explanation of a humanitarian crisis that gets scant attention.
Gulf rivalries are spilling into Africa’s Horn
THE NARROW waters separating the Arabian peninsula from the Horn of Africa have never served as much of a moat. Goods and people routinely cross. Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in particular, are
Chad reinforces troops against militants in Sahel as France mulls changes
Chad will deploy some 1,000 troops to the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali to reinforce national armies that, backed by French and European allies, are battling Islamist insurgents, according to French and