Un cessez-le-feu d’une semaine a été conclu, samedi soir, entre les belligérants au Soudan. À la veille de son entrée en vigueur, des combats ont éclaté, dimanche, dans la capitale Khartoum. Après l’annonce d’un cessez-le-feu
Securing Digital Finance in Post-Conflict Central African Republic
The Central African Republic faces many challenges in adopting digital financial solutions, but it can learn from other post-conflict countries and improve its approach. SUMMARYAccess to internet connectivity is very low in the Central African
West Africa: Arms Trafficking From Libya to Niger Is Back in Business
Countries in West Africa need to collaborate to stem the tide of weapons flowing through Niger. Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022
West Africa: Sahel – Terrorists, Tribalists and Traffickers?
Nouakchott — Obvious, that very complex question is now more frequently raised than ever before. It calls for an answer. Ten years of wars – with international forces support – deaths, injuries, displacements and budgets
Burkina Faso: Sahel – Gold Mining and Terrorism
For a decade, gold exploitation, legal or illegal and official or informal, has known a speedy expansion throughout the Sahel. Its actors are numerous and range from Canadian and Russian multinationals to small informal local
Africa Seeks Greater Flexibility For Delivery Of Russian Agricultural Products – OpEd
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Comoro Islands Azali Assoumani (who now holds the rotating presidency of the African Union) together with four African leaders plan an early June special working visit to meet
Understanding The ‘Unknown Gunmen’ Who Attacked A US Convoy In Nigeria – Analysis
On May 16, gunmen attacked an advance convoy of the United States mission in Nigeria as it traveled through a rural part of Anambra state in the country’s southeast. The gunmen killed four people—two Nigerians
Nigeria: How UK Special Forces Have Been Operating Secretly in Nigeria – Report
A report has revealed that the British Special Air Service and the European country’s other special forces have carried out operations clandestinely in Nigeria and 18 other nations for the past 12 years. This was
Russia Needs To Go Beyond Signing Agreements With Sub-Saharan African Countries – OpEd
Russia plans to hold the second Russia-Africa summit in July 2023. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, indicated in a message mid-June last year, a few months after starting the ‘special
African Migrants Dream Of America, But The Road Is Strewn With Corpses
The journey through South and Central America to the US border is long and arduous. Thousands of people who try it are missing, presumed dead. But for some Africans, the race to reach a new