At dawn September 17, 2024, the Malian capital of Bamako witnessed one of the most brazen terrorist attacks seen in recent years. Armed gunmen first stormed a barracks of the gendarmerie in the south of
Russia, Burkina Faso discuss military cooperation as Wagner mercenaries killed in Mali
In June, Russia said it was sending additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the West African country boost its defence capabilities. Russia’s Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and Burkina Faso’s prime minister,
Nouvelle attaque jihadiste dans le nord-est du Burkina Faso
L’attaque de Manni survient au lendemain d’une longue prise de parole du capitaine Ibrahim Traoré qui a répondu aux questions d’auditeurs sur la radio publique. Il a notamment annoncé qu’une enquête était en cours sur
En Ethiopie, le ministre des affaires étrangères élu président
Taye Atske Sélassié a été élu par les parlementaires en remplacement de Sahle-Work Zewde. Chef de l’Etat, son poste est honorifique, l’essentiel du pouvoir étant entre les mains du premier ministre. Le ministre des affaires
En Tunisie, le président Kais Saied réélu avec un score écrasant de 90,7%
Le président sortant Kais Saied, accusé par la société civile de “dérive autoritaire”, a été réélu à une majorité écrasante de 90,7% en Tunisie, lors d’un scrutin dimanche “verrouillé” à l’avance et marqué par un
Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment
Up to 600 people were shot dead in a matter of hours by al Qaeda-linked militants in an August attack on a town in Burkina Faso, according to a French government security assessment that nearly
Burkina Faso’s junta suspends VOA over insurgency comments
Burkina Faso’s junta has suspended U.S.-funded broadcaster Voice of America for three months over comments about a jihadist insurgency in West Africa’s Sahel region, and temporarily banned local news outlets from using any international media
Reimagining African Agency in Africa-China Relations—Lessons from FOCAC 2024
Overcoming the ongoing asymmetry of Africa-China relations will require institutionalizing more robust and transparent African monitoring of commitments, strategic representation, and harnessing of African expertise. As attention shifts to implementing resolutions of the Ninth Forum
In Senegal, the bastion of the region’s Francophonie, French is giving way to local languages
For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet, is considered
El Fasher receives major reinforcements as fighting with RSF intensifies
Significant military reinforcements have arrived in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, a spokesperson for the joint force of armed groups aligned with the Sudanese army said on Sunday. The reinforcements from the northern