Les forces rebelles ont annoncé mardi avoir lancé une nouvelle offensive dans la région du Tigré, en particulier dans le sud et l’ouest, des zones encore contrôlées par les forces amhara, soutiens de l’armée fédérale.
How Local Guerrilla Fighters Routed Ethiopia’s Powerful Army
A scrappy force of local Tigrayan recruits scored a cascade of battlefield victories against the Ethiopian military, one of Africa’s strongest. Times journalists witnessed the decisive week in an eight-month civil war. The Tigrayan fighters
EU agrees to send military training mission to Mozambique
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that 200-300 personnel could be deployed to Mozambique by the end of the year. Portugal is prepared to offer 50% of the manpower and will also provide
Rwanda’s deployment of forces into Mozambique irks SADC
Rwanda has rattled South Africa and other southern African governments by beating them to the battlefield against Islamist insurgents in Mozambique. A standby force from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is meant to start
South Sudan’s Liberation Struggle Supplanted by Autocracy
Ten years after gaining independence, some South Sudanese say their struggle for liberation has been supplanted by an autocratic system of government led by the nation’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). Many
Assailants on motorcycles attack village in Niger, killing dozens
Five civilians, four soldiers and 40 armed attackers were killed Sunday in a clash in Niger’s restive southwest region near the border with Mali, the government said. Around 100 heavily armed “terrorists” riding motorcycles attacked
France to Pull More Than 2,000 Troops From Africa’s Sahel
France will withdraw more than 2,000 troops from an anti-extremism force in Africa’s Sahel region by early next year and pivot its military presence to specialized regional forces instead, President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. Macron
Bénin: le sommet citoyen de Cotonou appelle la Cédéao à faire respecter l’alternance politique
150 délégués d’organisations de la société civile, venus d’une dizaine de pays de la Cédéao, ont organisé à Cotonou un sommet citoyen sur la bonne gouvernance, la démocratie et l’alternance dans la sous-région. À l’initiative,
Mali: un an après après des violences meurtrières, un influent imam demande justice pour les victimes
L’influent imam malien Mahmoud Dicko, qui a mené la fronde politico-sociale en 2020 contre le président Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta avant le coup d’Etat d’août, a demandé dimanche “justice” pour les victimes d’un week-end meurtrier de
Macron “préoccupé” par la situation politique au Mali
Le président français Emmanuel Macron s’est dit “préoccupé” vendredi par la situation politique au Mali, théâtre de deux coups d’Etat successifs en moins d’un an, exprimant même sa “défiance” à l’égard de la junte de