Le président tchadien a décidé, par décret, de se séparer de plusieurs dirigeants de la police, de la gendarmerie, de l’armée et de la garde nationale. Le ministre de la Sécurité avait déjà été remplacé
Egypt’s Sisi replaces head of powerful general intelligence agency
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named Major General Hassan Mahmoud Rashad as head of the powerful general intelligence agency on Wednesday, appointing the outgoing chief Abbas Kamel as an adviser to the presidency. The agency
The head of Mali’s military junta appoints himself to the highest rank in the army
The head of the military junta that seized power in Mali in 2020 promoted himself Wednesday to the rank of army general with special title: Colonel Assimi Goita of the land army, the highest military
Nigeria’s lithium ambition is getting an unexpected boost
Nigeria’s ambition to build a value-added supply chain for critical minerals including lithium is getting a significant boost from an unlikely source: an e-marketplace startup. Sabi, the Lagos-headquartered business-to-business e-commerce company focused on the informal
East Africa: Egypt-Ethiopia Hostilities Are Playing Out in the Horn – the Risk of New Proxy Wars Is High
Egypt recently deepened its involvement in the war-weary Horn of Africa by arming Somalia and deploying its troops in the embattled country. To Ethiopia’s growing alarm, Egypt is also set to join the multinational force
Islamic Militias in the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic is a tragic case of what happens when Islamic radicals take over a nation. The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and government security forces have
Les troupes françaises ont-elles réellement quitté la Côte d’ivoire ?
La France et la Côte d’Ivoire discutent actuellement du retrait progressif du 43e Bataillon de Marines (43e BIMa) basé à Port-Boué. Cette décision, annoncée par le général Pascal Ianni, commandant des forces françaises en Afrique,
Civilian Militias in Mali, Niger, and Mozambique
Eliminating or Exacerbating Violent Extremism? For more than a decade, the Sahel has been subject to a protracted insurgency carried out by affiliates of the global terror networks of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. As
Fear and Loathing in the Sahel
Across the region, the promise of a better life under the military is fast turning into a nightmare. In recent times, as the military knocked off one civilian regime after another across the Sahel, observers
Bas-Uele : au moins 3 civils tués lors d’une incursion des rebelles de la Seleka à Banda
La société civile de la province du Bas-Uélé, a affirmé, vendredi 11 octobre, qu’au moins trois personnes ont été tuées et plusieurs autres personnes prises en otage par des rebelles centrafricains de la Seleka dans