Au Nigeria, les violences s’amplifient et s’étendent dans le nord-ouest du pays. Les « bandits » agissent habituellement dans les États de Zamfara, Katsina, Niger ou Kaduna (un peu plus à l’est). Dimanche, c’est l’État
Malgré des élections législatives anticipées, l’Algérie risque de rester dans l’impasse politique
Les élections législatives anticipées doivent avoir lieu ce samedi 12 juin en Algérie afin d’élire pour cinq ans les 407 députés de l’Assemblée populaire nationale. Pour le pouvoir, c’est une étape supplémentaire censée redonner toute
West Africa: Global Terrorism, Armed Struggle in Sahel, Threats to Nigeria – Govt
The federal government yesterday attributed the unending violence in Nigeria to rising global terrorism and armed struggle in the Sahel region, which constituted a threat to Nigeria. Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingiyadi, said
Burkina Faso: Village Emptied As Thousands Flee Jihadist Violence
More than 7,000 people have fled a village in Burkina Faso that was attacked over the weekend, adding to tens of thousands already displaced by a jihadist insurgency in the country. More than 138 people
Opposition Decries ‘Assassination Attempt’ on Somali Ex-President
Opposition groups are demanding an investigation into an incident in which prison guards fired at a convoy transporting former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu. The incident prompted an apology from Justice Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed
Mali: ce qu’il faut savoir sur Choguel Maïga, Premier ministre de la transition
Fer de lance de l’opposition au régime d’IBK puis au Conseil national de transition, Choguel Kokalla Maïga a été nommé Premier ministre ce lundi 7 juin, quelques heures après l’investiture d’Assimi Goïta à la tête
Burkina Faso Bans Motorbikes in Region Hit by Jihadist Attacks
Burkina Faso has banned the use of motorbikes in a jihadist-hit northern region where 160 people were killed in a weekend raid, the local governor said Monday. Suspected jihadists on motorcycles carried out the massacre
Burkina Faso: Islamist groups target civilians in ‘cycle of vendettas’
At least 160 civilians, including volunteer anti-terrorism fighters, were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Friday in the deadliest Islamist attack in the country since 2015, plunging the country once more into mourning. Burkina Faso
Mali junta leader sworn in as president after 2nd coup
Mali coup leader Col. Assimi Goita was sworn in Monday as president of a transitional government, solidifying his grip on power in the West African nation after carrying out his second coup in nine months.
France suspends military, budgetary support to Central African Republic
France suspended its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African government, terming the Central African Republic “complicit” in an anti-French campaign. The French military ministry said on Monday that it considered the Central