Les Mauritaniens élisent leur prochain président samedi. Le sortant Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani part grand favori pour rester à la tête de ce vaste pays désertique qui a réussi à contenir la propagation jihadiste
Niger revokes French company’s operating permit at major uranium mine
Nigerien military authorities have withdrawn the operating permit for a large uranium mine from the French company Orano, the company said, significantly escalating tensions between the military junta and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
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
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
The Horn Of Africa States: The Misplaced Modus Operandi Of Regional Foreign Policies – OpEd
Great and regional powers have competed over the region over the past two hundred years with the regional states having not much to say on developments therein. Before then the region was independent and was
Washington dépassé par la vitesse des événements en Afrique
Les éléments proches du régime étasunien reconnaissent progressivement les bouleversements stratégiques en cours sur le continent africain. Néanmoins et suite aux fiascos subis aussi bien par Paris que Washington en Afrique, les éléments occidentaux comptent
Le Français Orano risque de perdre le droit d’exploiter l’uranium de la mine d’Imouraren au Niger
Le pays africain a rejeté le projet de la société nucléaire française de développer ce site. Orano a renoncé à son permis d’exploitation initial pour obtenir un nouveau permis de recherche, testant ainsi une nouvelle
Who Needs an Emir?
The ongoing Emirship tussle in Nigeria begs broader questions about the place of traditional rulership in Africa’s emerging democracies. When, back in 2009, an interviewer asked Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of
Sudan: The War and Starvation
Sudan has been at civil war for nearly one year since last 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Army and the paramount militia Rapid Support Forces. The brutality of war has exceeded all conceptions of