Africa

The United States is again targeting fighters with the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabab terror group in Somalia, launching its second airstrike in the past four days following a nearly six-month hiatus that began when President Joe Biden took office.

The strike, by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), appears to be part of an effort to lend U.S. airpower to what has been described as a fierce struggle on the ground between the Somali military and al-Shabab in Galmudug state, the same region targeted in Tuesday’s airstrike.

Rising violent attacks by jihadist groups in Burkina Faso are forcing record-breaking numbers of people to flee both inside the country and across international borders, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, reported on Friday.

Six per cent of the population in the West African country is now internally displaced, with more than 1.3 million people uprooted in just over six weeks, according to latest Government figures.

Le ministre des Affaires étrangères marocain réagit aux révélations faites par Amnesty International et le consortium de journalistes Forbidden Stories, accusant les autorités du royaume d’utiliser le logiciel Pegasus pour espionner des journalistes, des militants mais aussi des personnalités de haut rang comme le président Macron ou même… le roi Mohammed VI. Entretien exclusif.

Entre managers chevronnés aux commandes des filiales et membres influents de l’élite politico-économique franco-tunisienne, la plus célèbre fratrie du business tunisien a su forger une garde rapprochée aussi sélect qu’influente. Jeune Afrique a mené l’enquête.

The number of people returned to shore following irregular crossings of the Mediterranean Sea has greatly increased this year.

At least 17 people seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea have died off the coast of Tunisia and possibly hundreds more rescued.

Fideli tradiției sovietice de a nu părăsi cu una cu două țările în care au pus bocancul, mercenarii rușii din Grupul Wagner n-au de gând să se dea duși din Libia. Și asta deși, potrivit acordului de încetare a focului din ianuarie, termenul limită pentru plecarea mercenarilor străini fusese fixat pentru ianuarie 2021.

« Qu’allons-nous faire si l’eau ne cesse de monter ? » Cette question est dans tous les esprits des riverains du lac Tanganyika au Burundi : les propriétaires de maisons, les entrepreneurs et les ouvriers du bâtiment, les agriculteurs, les vendeurs du marché, les écoliers, les navetteurs et, bien sûr, les travailleurs humanitaires et les acteurs du développement.

Les GAT ont détruit, ce samedi 17 juillet 2021 aux environs de 17h30, des matériels de l’entreprise COVEC et ATTM sur le lot situé à 55 km de Kwala dans le sud du Mali et à moins de 200 km de Bamako.

To build on its commendable counterterrorism progress, Tunisia needs to elevate its prevention efforts and strengthen oversight mechanisms to prevent abuses by its security forces.

Strategic enhancements in Tunisia’s security apparatus have yielded notable progress in dismantling terrorist cells, tightening control over the country’s porous borders, degrading the capabilities of violent extremist groups affiliated with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and the Islamic State (ISIS), and countering terrorist financing. The latter improvement was rewarded in October 2019 when the Financial Action Task Force, an intergovernmental organization established by the G7 countries to protect against money laundering and terrorist financing, removed Tunisia from its blacklist. In addition to reducing the number of terrorist incidents, these reforms have contributed to a notable improvement in the overall security situation in Tunisia.