Un groupe d’entrepreneurs militaires russes a écrit aux putschistes du Burkina Faso pour leur proposer de former l’armée de ce pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest dans sa lutte contre les djihadistes. Le groupe, qui se fait
Europa muss sich auf mehr russischen Einfluss in Afrika vorbereiten
Der Putsch in Burkina Faso ist der nächste Rückschlag im Anti-Terror-Kampf des Westens in der Sahelzone. Es ist nicht unwahrscheinlich, dass das dortige Militär sich bald an Russland wendet – schließlich richtet Europa gerade alle
Mali, Burkina Faso : des impasses africaines
Le Burkina Faso a été le théâtre d’un coup d’Etat lundi, comme le Mali et la Guinée ces derniers mois. Mais l’idée selon laquelle le sort des peuples du Sahel dépend de l’Elysée relève à
Report: 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia’s Tigray blockade
Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the region’s health bureau says.
Jihadist threat stirs anti-Fulani hostility in Ivory Coast
Jihadist attacks in northern Ivory Coast have ramped up hostility towards the Fulani, a mainly Muslim ethnic group that some accuse of providing the bulk of the raiders. Friction and suspicion are almost palpable in
DRC: M23 rebel group resumes military activities
A new attack attributed to the “March 23 Movement”, which also calls itself the Congolese Revolutionary Army, targeted a Congolese army post in Rutshuru territory on Tuesday, a few kilometres north of the town of
Libya, Chad Agree on Securing Border to Fight Extremists
Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity Abdelhamid Dbeibeh and the head of Chad’s Transitional Military Council, Lieutenant-General Mohamed Idriss Deby, agreed Tuesday on securing joint borders to stop the infiltration of extremist
Denmark pulls Mali troops out as junta takes swipe at France
Denmark will start pulling its troops out of Mali after the West African country’s transitional junta government this week insisted on an immediate withdrawal, a blow to France as its counter-terrorism operations in the Sahel
Burkina Faso: les militaires rencontrent les membres du gouvernement
Au Burkina Faso, les militaires au pouvoir commencent à organiser la transition, ils ont rencontré les ministres du gouvernement dissous. Ils sont tous présents, les ministres du gouvernement dissous au Burkina Faso, pour leur rencontre
Burkina Faso: A history of destabilisation by jihadist insurgencies
Attacks by jihadists linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group have killed thousands and displaced an estimated 1.5 million people in Burkina Faso since 2015. Members of the army, critical of the government’s