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Gunmen on motorbikes raid Niger village, kill 14
The victims of the attack near the Mali border included nine people working in the fields, according to the interior ministry. Armed men on motorbikes have killed at least 14 civilians in an attack in
Young men in Ethiopia’s Amhara start to mobilise against Tigray forces
Residents of Ethiopia’s Amhara region said on Monday some young men were responding to a weekend call to arms by their president, as Amhara’s government denied that forces from neighbouring Tigray had advanced further into
Botswana sends troops to help Mozambique fight insurgency
Botswana sent military troops to Mozambique on Monday, becoming the first country of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community to dispatch soldiers to help battle an Islamic extremist insurgency in northern Cabo Delgado province. Botswana’s
Sudan in crisis as mistrust poisons security sector reform agenda well
Delay in the integration of former Darfur armed groups into the national military threatens the country’s stability Twenty-seven months after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir in April 2019, the transitional government is still grappling with
Tanzania opposition leader charged with ‘terror-related’ crimes
Freeman Mbowe was arrested last week while preparing for a meeting on new constitution proposals. A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party with “terrorism-related” crimes, police said on Monday,
Tunisia’s president fires defence minister amid political upheaval
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into constitutional crisis in the midst of a pandemic. Street clashes erupted
En Côte d’Ivoire, l’espoir d’une réconciliation avec la rencontre entre Alassane Ouattara et Laurent Gbagbo
Après un premier contact téléphonique au début du mois de juillet, les deux hommes doivent se rencontrer ce mardi au palais présidentiel à Abidjan. Leur dernière poignée de main remonte à plus de dix ans
Éthiopie: l’armée éthiopienne «hors de combat», selon des observateurs
En Éthiopie, le gouvernement fédéral a appelé les régions à la rescousse, face à la poussée des forces tigréennes qui le combattent. Les civils oromos, amharas et afars ont été appelés ces derniers jours à
Crise politique en Tunisie : le Premier ministre se dit prêt à se retirer
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