Azawad : Plusieurs soldats tués ou capturés

Dans le tumulte des régions reculées de l’Algérie et du Mali, l’alliance de groupes armés opérant dans le nord du Mali, en collaboration avec le mouvement de libération du Sud de l’Algérie, a récemment rapporté la perte de huit de ses combattants au cours d’une opération conjointe contre les forces armées algériennes et maliennes. Ils ont également affirmé avoir infligé de lourdes pertes à l’armée, capturant plusieurs soldats au passage.

Mali : L’armée prend le « contrôle total » d’Anéfis

L’armée malienne a annoncé samedi qu’elle avait pris le « contrôle total » d’Anéfis, une ville située au nord-est du Mali et considérée comme une étape vers Kidal, un bastion de la rébellion touareg qui s’est réarmée contre le gouvernement central.

Africa Key Source Of Critical Minerals For Global Energy Transition, But There Are Hidden Dangers – Analysis

Africa possesses significant reserves of the minerals that are essential for batteries, solar panels and other green tech that will underpin the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables. Africa’s mining industry, however, remains largely structured around a “pit-to-port” model that channels mineral ores elsewhere for processing. The inaugural Critical Minerals Africa conference in Cape Town this month explored how this picture could be changed.

What Will The Gaza Strip Look Like The Day After The War? – Analysis

On Saturday, 7 October 2023, the Palestinian militant movement Hamas, launched a sudden attack on Israel, which has so far resulted in the deaths of more than 1,400 Israelis, with approximately 3,000 people wounded, and the capture of around 240 soldiers and civilians. On the first day of the attack, Israel declared a state of war, called upon reserve forces to prepare for a ground intervention and initiated an extensive campaign of aerial bombardment in the Gaza Strip, resulting in over 10,000 casualties.

Why does France have military bases in Africa?

With a wave of coups in former French colonies in Africa, France is finding it can no longer take its military role on the continent for granted.

There have been growing protests against France’s presence in Africa, where it has previously flexed its military might. French troops have recently been expelled from Niger and Mali and others are considering scrapping independence-era deals that led to at least 30 French direct military interventions between 1964 and 1995.

UN retreat from Mali in disarray as violence surges

Before United Nations peacekeepers hurriedly abandoned their base in Kidal in northern Mali on Tuesday, they made a costly call: with insurgents stationed nearby, they destroyed sensitive equipment to avoid it falling into the wrong hands, the U.N. said.