Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn the operating permit for a large uranium mine from the French company Orano, the company said, significantly escalating tensions between the military junta and the country’s former colonial power. Niger,
Malian political parties say leaders arrested amid crackdown
An alliance of political parties and civil society groups in junta-led Mali said several of their leaders were arrested on Thursday evening during a private meeting at a house of a former minister. The alliance
El Fasher death toll mounts amid calls to destroy RSF artillery
The death toll in El Fasher has risen to over 260, with more than a thousand five hundred injured since fighting began in May, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health
The Horn Of Africa States: All Is Not Well In The EAC – OpEd
On June 7th, 2024, the East Africa Community held its 23rd Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State of the member countries. The EAC is a regional organization that brings together the countries of East
Mali’s al-Qaida-linked Islamist leader convicted by ICC for war crimes in Timbuktu
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday (26 June) convicted an al-Qaida-linked jihadist who was accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Islamist militants’ one-year rule over Mali’s Timbuktu in 2012. Al
Nigerian Army deploys 177 officials to Guinea-Bissau for peacekeeping
He said the Nigerian government, through ECOWAS, stood united with the government and people of Guinea-Bissau. The Nigeria Army, on Wednesday, announced the deployment of 177 personnel for a peacekeeping mission in Guinea-Bissau. The Chief
Analysts worried by report of Sahel militants crossing into Nigeria
Regional security analysts are warning Nigerian authorities to take caution following a new report that armed militants operating in Africa’s volatile Sahel region have a found their way into northwest Nigeria through the borders of
Somalie : Transfert de Base de l’ATMIS
La Mission de Transition Africaine en Somalie (ATMIS) a remis hier la base opérationnelle avancée de Ceel Eglow dans la région du Middle Shabelle à l’Armée Nationale Somalienne, marquant ainsi le troisième transfert de base
Le chef djihadiste malien Iyad Ag Ghali visé par un mandat d’arrêt de la CPI
Le patron du GSIM, ennemi numéro un des Occidentaux au Sahel, est recherché pour des crimes commis au début de la guerre du Mali, en 2012 et 2013. La CPI vient d’annoncer qu’elle le recherche
The Horn Of Africa States: Ethiopia’s Undiplomatic Faux Pas – OpEd
It was always clear that Ethiopia’s false historical narrative would one day catch up with it. The country that was Abyssinia and adopted Africa’s historical Greek name of Ethiopia in 1932 currently proves every sunrise