The ongoing fighting in Sudan is forcing thousands to flee. The humanitarian emergency is spreading, creating a dangerous security situation in the Sahel region, experts warn. Hopes for a quick resolution to the fighting in
France’s New Strategy For Africa – Analysis
Ever since his first term in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has sought a broad reset of national strategy, relations and intervention in Africa owing to France’s complicated and chequered historical legacy in the continent.
The Sahel now accounts for nearly half the world’s terrorism
Saharan Africa has replaced the Middle East as the epicentre of global terror The Sahel region in Sub-Saharan Africa is now the epicentre of terrorism worldwide, constituting nearly half (43%) of the global death toll,
Au Mali, le projet de Constitution concentre les pouvoirs aux mains de la présidence
Le texte qui devrait être soumis à un référendum le 19 mars et rétrograde le statut de la langue française, divise la scène politique. La présidence y voit « l’aboutissement d’un processus de renouveau démocratique
Burkina scraps 1961 military aid pact with France
Burkina Faso has scrapped a 1961 agreement on military assistance with France, a move that comes only weeks after it told the French ambassador and troops supporting its anti-jihadist campaign to quit the country. The
Macron vows era of French interference in Africa is over
The era of French interference in African affairs is “well over”, President Emmanuel Macron said in Gabon on Thursday during his four-nation tour of central Africa. Speaking on the fringes of an environment summit in
Au Niger, une réunion de la coalition mondiale contre le groupe EI et le terrorisme
À Niamey, une nouvelle réunion de haut-niveau de la Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS a débuté le 1er mars 2023. Son objectif : faire des propositions pour vaincre les groupes terroristes comme le groupe État
Democratic pessimism in Tunisia
Tunisia’s current system of government is by all indicators continuing to move even farther away from a liberal democratic form envisioned in the 2014 constitution. This is particularly true in the post-July 25, 2021 period
L’étoile assombrie de la Tunisie de Kaïs Saïed
La fin du « printemps » tunisien est désormais actée avec la fuite en avant répressive du régime autocratique du président tunisien, au prix d’une réputation internationale gravement endommagée. L’étoile avait déjà bien pâli mais,
Africa shouldn’t ignore Russia’s destabilising influence
As a region, Africa may not be interested in the Ukraine war, but the war is interested in Africa. As the world marks the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, it