L’officier à la retraite et président de la transition du Mali, Bah N’Daw, ainsi que le nouveau vice-président, le colonel Assimi Goïta, ont prêté serment ce vendredi 25 septembre. Une double investiture qui a lieu dans un contexte particulier, un peu plus d’un mois après le coup d’État et alors que la Cédéao n’a pas encore levé les sanctions qui pèsent depuis sur le pays.
Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 was about maximizing power. Moscow aims to turn the Black Sea into a Russian lake to advance its national interest far and wide. For its part, NATO has been slow to respond to this challenge.
On Sept. 9, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu embarked on a three-day trip to West Africa, which included stops in Mali, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. During his trip, Cavusoglu emphasized Turkey’s support for Mali’s post-coup transition process, struck infrastructure-related commercial deals with Guinea-Bissau, and underscored its commitment to engaging with multilateral institutions, such as the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU), on addressing security challenges in the Sahel.
Plusieurs jeunes présidents de partis politiques se sont regroupés au sein d’un rassemblement dénommé » Forces Patriotiques pour la Refondation du Mali (FPR-Mali) » afin de soutenir la transition politique. Pour ces leaders politiques, cette période transitoire de 18 mois est une opportunité et ouvre une meilleure ère pour réaliser le changement tant attendu afin de refonder l’Etat et procéder à l’avènement de la 4è République. A cet égard, ils se sont félicités de la désignation du président et du Vice-président de la Transition, respectivement Colonel-major à la retraite Bah N’Daw et Colonel Assimi Goïta.
Libya’s prime minister on Thursday called on putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s supporters in the United Nations Security Council to reconsider their positions on the conflict in the North African country.
One person was killed and multiple others were wounded during clashes between different groups within the Government of National Accord (GNA) in the Libyan town of Tajoura, according to Al Arabiya sources.
No further details were provided.
Since 2014, Libya has been split, with a government controlling the capital, Tripoli, and the northwest, while military leader Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi rules the east.
Haftar is supported by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia, while the GNA is backed by Turkey.
The Russian-backed “Fifth Corps” have carried out an inspection campaign after some of the Corps’ members were targeted in Busra.
As crimes and assassinations continue in Southern Syria, Busra – which is the stronghold of the Fifth Corps – witnessed the first assassination attempt of a prominent leader last Saturday, Sep. 18. An explosive device blasted in a neighborhood in Busra, targeting a military vehicle carrying Ali Bash and Qasim al-Miqdad, two leaders of the Fifth Corps group.
Syrian army reinforcements have arrived in the key town of Ayn Issa, while a bridge has been deployed across the Euphrates to help civilians cross writes Al-Masdar.
Greece prefers the de-escalation of tension in the East Mediterranean rather than EU sanctions on Turkey, the spokesman of the Greek government has said.
As Ankara and Athens prepare for talks, Germany has called on Greece to withdraw its army from Aegean Sea islands, near Turkey, Greek newspaper ESTIA reported on Friday.