Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed a tour of Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros, continuing a tradition dating back three decades by which Chinese foreign ministers open the diplomatic year with a trip to

Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi completed a tour of Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros, continuing a tradition dating back three decades by which Chinese foreign ministers open the diplomatic year with a trip to
In 1956, then-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev executed a sharp but largely forgotten reorientation in his country’s foreign policy. During the long decades under Josef Stalin, with the exception of its support for communist China, Moscow
Over the past several years, international policymakers, primarily in the West, as well as journalists and commentators have frequently called attention to Russia’s renewed interest in expanding its footprint in Africa. These discussions of “Russia’s
In early April, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez traveled to Angola and Senegal, accompanied by representatives of 12 Spanish companies he hopes will do business there. The visit followed the launch in late March of
On Jan. 14, Malians across the country took to the streets en masse, after the country’s interim military government called for protests against tough sanctions imposed the previous weekend by the Economic Community of West
In the latest in a series of military coups in West Africa, a group of army officers in Burkina Faso has overthrown the government of President Roch Kabore. In a televised address on Burkina Faso’s
Sans condamner explicitement le coup d’État militaire du 24 janvier, les 15 membres du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU ont approuvé mercredi une déclaration commune exprimant leur préoccupation face à la situation au Burkina Faso.
Au Burkina Faso, le nouveau chef d’État-major général des armées a pris le commandement mercredi 9 février. Nommé par le président du mouvement patriotique pour la sauvegarde et la restauration, le colonel-major David Kabré remplace
Au Mali, la force européenne Takuba, accompagnant des troupes maliennes, a lancé une opération près d’Indelimane récemment. Une trentaine de terroristes a été mise hors de combat et du matériel a été saisi. La manœuvre
70 pompiers et 24 engins ont été mobilisés hier mercredi 9 février 2022 pour éteindre l’incendie de l’imprimerie de la Banque de France située l’imprimerie de la Banque de France à Chamalières dans le Puy-de-Dôme.L’incendie