Algérie : à Oran, la répression se durcit contre les militants du Hirak

Depuis le retour des manifestations antirégime, le 22 février, les forces de sécurité de la ville sont sur le qui-vive.

Quand ils quittent le tribunal d’Oran, mercredi 28 avril, Kaddour Chouicha, vice-président du bureau local de la Ligue algérienne des droits de l’homme (LADDH), et son épouse Jamila Loukil, journaliste au quotidien francophone Liberté, ne s’attendent pas à être une nouvelle fois interpellés par la police.

Le Conseil paix et sécurité de l’UA doit se positionner sur le cas tchadien

Au Tchad, la journée a été calme, ce dimanche 9 mai, après les violences qui ont marqué les rassemblements organisés, samedi, à Ndjamena et dans tout le pays, par la coalition citoyenne Wakit Tama. L’Union africaine se penche, à partir de ce lundi, sur la question d’éventuelles sanctions contre le régime tchadien.

Réunion décisive sur le Tchad ce lundi matin au siège de l’Union africaine à Addis-Abeba. Le Conseil paix et sécurité qui n’était pas parvenu à s’accorder sur une ligne de conduite (sanctions ou pas) fin mai après le décès d’Idriss Déby Itno et la prise du pouvoir par le Comité militaire de transition, doit se pencher ce matin sur le rapport de mission, mission qu’il avait envoyée dans ce pays en vue de recueillir les éléments qui devaient le guider dans ce choix.

The ideological basis of the new Cold War is clear, and this time the Western powers look set to be on the losing side

The ideological divisions of today involve the organization of the international system of states. One side, led by the USA, UK, EU and NATO, subscribes to something it calls the “rules-based international order.” (India claims to follow this.) The other side, led by Russia and China, subscribes to “international law…The principles of this system are set out in the United Nations Charter.


The meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels and of China and Russia’s foreign ministers in Guilin brought into stark relief the ideological differences that divide the leading protagonists of the new Cold War.

Ethiopia Designates Tigray’s Former Ruling Party As Terrorists

Ethiopian lawmakers on Thursday designated Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) as terrorist organisations.

The move comes after the Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government on Saturday decided to designate TPLF and Shene as terrorist entities.

Ethiopia: The Case for Ceasefire, Dialogue and Reconciliation in Tigray: Why and How?

The war in Tigray is now in its 6th month. The human and material damage is yet to be fully assessed, but is expected to be exponential. Mounting reports of atrocities and war crimes committed by the warring parties are coming public every day. The human suffering is unimaginable – and it remains unabated.

The war remains active and only few substantive suggestions have been put forward on how to bring an end to it. There seems to be a shortage of analysis and recommendations, especially from Ethiopian experts who were rather excited to comment and debate on a wide range of issues after PM Abiy assumed office in 2018. There could be many reasons for that including support for the war, fear of reprisals or being labeled, one way or another; or feeling that no one will listen.

Iran’s ‘Drug Terrorism’ Against Arabs

While Israel is seeking to dissuade the Biden administration from rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran… Tehran’s mullahs and their Lebanese Hezbollah terror proxy are busy drowning the Arab countries with drugs.

“Israel is far more honorable than the drug-dealers…. [The drug dealers’] ultimate goal is to destroy Saudi Arabia by every available means. They are smuggling weapons and drugs to the Gulf states, but when they are confronted, they accuse the governments of these states of siding with Israel, and they raise the slogan of liberating Jerusalem, while their missiles are only targeting Riyadh and Mecca.” — Turki Al-Hamad, Saudi academic, Rai Al-Youm, April 25, 2021.

Austin, Milley Discuss Progress of Retrograde From Afghanistan

American service members will move out with professionalism and dedication to fulfill the newest mission in Afghanistan, ending the U.S. presence in the country by September, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today.

Austin and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held their first joint press conference at the Pentagon.

With An Eye On Russia, EU Opens ‘Military Mobility’ Project To NATO Allies

The European Union has approved the participation of NATO members the United States, Canada, and Norway in a project aimed at speeding up the movement of troops and military equipment around Europe.

The May 6 decision marks the first time the EU has opened up an initiative from its Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) pact, which aims to deepen defense ties, to outside partners.

Au Malawi, des réfugiés sommés de retourner vivre dans un camp

Dans sa petite épicerie de la Zone 25, Jean Minani et sa femme déballent les cartons où ce couple de Burundais avait empaqueté ses affaires. L’ordre du gouvernement du Malawi de retourner dans un camp de réfugiés a été suspendu … pour le moment.

Tous les demandeurs d’asile qui avaient échappé au camp de Dzaleka, à une cinquantaine de km de Lilongwe, la capitale, pour se faire une situation, se sont vu imposer par les autorités d’y retourner en avril. Une décision incompréhensible pour beaucoup, qui se retrouvent forcés de renoncer à leurs acquis.