Courts in Guinea are paralysed after lawyers embarked on a nationwide strike to protest against the military regime carrying out “arbitrary arrests” and “secret detentions”, the bar association has said. The strike is the latest
How Cairo Is Failing the Palestinians
Egypt recently hosted top US and Israeli officials for Israel-Hamas ceasefire discussions. But nine months into a war that Hamas launched, Egypt has often exacerbated the conflict and largely evaded criticism for intensifying Palestinian suffering.
Incarcération d’un proche du célèbre imam malien Mahmoud Dicko
Un proche d’un célèbre imam au Mali a été incarcéré lundi à Bamako pour “opposition à l’autorité légitime”, trois jours après son interpellation, a appris l’AFP d’une source judiciaire. Youssouf Daba Diawara était le coordinateur
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says he’s running for reelection
A second term for Tebboune would further distance Algeria from the aspirations of its youth-fuelled pro-democracy movement in 2019, which ousted predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika after two decades in office. Algeria’s president announced on Thursday, July
UN hosts humanitarian talks in Geneva, as Sudanese army leader refuses to participate
The United Nations confirmed the arrival of delegations from the warring Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Geneva for indirect discussions aimed at facilitating humanitarian aid delivery and civilian protection. However,
RSF assassinate five civilians, destroy university college in Dinder
The Al-Dinder Emergency Room in Sennar state, southeast Sudan, said that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) destroyed a university college, assassinated five civilians, and injured dozens during their attack on the surrounding villages. By the
Soft Targets, Porous Borders: Why Niger Republic Terrorists Are Trooping Into Nigeria
They take advantage of the porous borders to launch deadly attacks in northwestern Nigeria and extort people who are mostly unprotected in the area — sometimes colluding with local terrorists. With armed and menacing groups
Before IPOB, There Was MASSOB: Nigeria’s Long History Of Biafran Nationalism
Since Nigeria’s civil war ended decades ago, many groups have continued to advocate for the secession of a Biafran Republic. Today, IPOB is the loudest voice. That title, however, used to belong to another group
Cairo conference marks a milestone, but Sudan’s road to peace remains uncertain
Analysis: The Cairo summit marked a significant step towards unifying the Sudanese political position to end the war, but huge challenges remain. Rival Sudanese stakeholders convened in Cairo on Saturday to chart a roadmap for
Countering Coups: How to Reverse Military Rule Across the Sahel
Patterns in the Sahel’s coups provide guidelines to building effective democracies. Three years of coups around Africa’s Sahel region — eight of them in six nations, from Guinea on the Atlantic to Sudan on the