L’armée malienne et ses supplétifs, les chasseurs traditionnels dozos, sont accusés d’exactions dans plusieurs villages de la région de Ségou, dans le centre du pays. Selon plusieurs sources locales, une vingtaine de personnes ont été
Mali: Léré, dans la région de Tombouctou, sous blocus jihadiste depuis deux mois
Le Jnim (Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans), lié à al-Qaïda, avait décrété un embargo sur Léré le 29 novembre. La ville située à une soixantaine de kilomètres de la frontière mauritanienne est
RDC: la guerre dans l’est du pays se joue aussi sur les réseaux sociaux
En République démocratique du Congo, les membres du groupe M23 soutenus par le Rwanda ont pris le contrôle de nombreux quartiers de Goma cette semaine. Face à cette situation jugée préoccupante, la Communauté de développement
A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali
For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, an al-Qaida’s affiliate
Agencies: Sudan war displaces nearly 1 million people to Chad
Almost one million people have fled into neighboring Chad in the nearly two years since war broke out in Sudan, a consortium of international agencies has said. The 23 organizations said in a press release
France hands over last military base in Chad
France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris. Chad has been
Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo say they plan to take their fight to the capital
Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo’s largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo’s president called for a massive military mobilization to resist the rebellion and
Africa File Special Edition: M23 March Threatens Expanded Conflict in DR Congo and Regional War in the Great Lakes
The Africa File provides regular analysis and assessments of major developments regarding state and nonstate actors’ activities in Africa that undermine regional stability and threaten US personnel and interests. Key Takeaway: Rwandan-backed M23 rebels captured
Risk of Regional Conflict Following Fall of Goma and M23 Offensive in the DRC
The fall of Goma to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels has sent shock waves through the region and risks triggering a wider regional war. Memories remain fresh of the devastating Congo Wars of the
Answers from the Sahel: Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24, on His Interview with Deputy JNIM Leader Mohamed (Amadou) Koufa
CTC: How did the interview with Amadou Koufa come about? Nasr: It took me two years of discussions in order to get him to answer because he was initially not interested in answering my questions.