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.
On Tuesday morning, the interim president of Mali escaped an attack outside the Great Mosque of Bamako, during the Muslim rite of Eid al-Adha, the feast of the Sacrifice.
“After the imam’s prayer and sermon, when the imam was about to sacrifice his sheep, a young man tried to stab Assimi (Goïta) from behind, but another person got injured,” Latus Tourè, manager of the Great Mosque, told AFP.
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.
Avec la nouvelle orientation que connaitra Barkhane, l’opérationnalisation de la force conjointe du G5 Sahel, s’impose. Cependant, plusieurs pays dont les Etats-Unis, les émirats Arabes-Unis, l’Arabie Saoudite ou encore l’Union Européenne, qui ont promis depuis 2017 des budgets pour la cagnotte du G5 Sahel, peinent à concrétiser les promesses de financement.
Des individus armés non identifiés ont visé, samedi dernier, le site des deux entreprises susnommées à au moins une vingtaine de kilomètres de Mourdiah, dans la région de Nara. Au cours de cette incursion, les assaillants en motos et en pick- up ont kidnappé cinq employés travaillant sur ce site. Il s’agit de trois ressortissants Chinois et de deux Mauritaniens.
Amnesty International says sexual abuse and beatings rife at camps for those forcibly returned after trying to cross the Med
New evidence of starvation and abuses inside migrant detention centres has been collected from migrants inside seven facilities across Libya.