Mali: Candidature de Assimi Goïta: la CSDM dénonce le verbiage aventureux de IKN

Face à la déclaration de Issa Kaou Djim une éventuelle candidature de Assimi GOITA à la présidentielle de 2022, le CDSM monte au créneau pour demander sa destitution et des poursuites contre lui.

Pour le CSDM, au regard de la situation sécuritaire, politique et du climat social tendu dans notre pays, M. N’DJIM, 4e vice-président du CNT va mettre en péril la Transition avec ses propos et son comportement belliqueux. Et cela, malgré les sacrifices, les efforts des Maliens et de la Communauté Internationale.

Nigeria Needs to Better Protect its Schoolchildren

In early March, over three hundred schoolgirls abducted by armed groups from a secondary school in Zamfara State in northern Nigeria were released by their abductors. Unfortunately, the global outrage this incident stoked has not deterred the armed groups operating in the north. Just last week, another set of students was kidnapped from a college in Kaduna State—the third mass kidnapping of students in Nigeria in 2021. An ugly video released by the kidnappers in Kaduna showed the students being brutalized by their abductors. Nigeria clearly needs to do more to protect its children. The country’s future depends on it.

Boko Haram Kills JTF Commander, Three Others In Borno

Some operatives of the Nigerian Army were also killed during the attack on Thursday in Gudumbali, a village in Kukawa LGA. Some CJTF members have still not been accounted for 48 hours after the ambush.

Militants of the Islamic State backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have killed a top commander of the Civilian Joint Task Force in the Kakuwa Local Government Area of Borno state, Yusuf Baba Idris and three other members of the vigilante group.

Mali: nouveaux affrontements entre al-Qaïda et l’État islamique

Au mois d’octobre, des combats violents opposant les combattants du groupe État islamique et d’al-Qaïda avaient été signalés. C’est à nouveau le cas depuis une dizaine de jours dans la région du Gourma malien. Les branches locales des deux organisations terroristes, Aqmi et l’EIGS, sont en concurrence au Sahel pour le contrôle de certaines zones.

La Somalie rompt ses relations diplomatiques avec le Kenya

La Somalie a rompu mardi ses relations diplomatiques avec le Kenya, qu’elle accuse d’ingérence, après des mois de tensions croissantes entre les deux voisins d’Afrique de l’Est et alors que Mogadiscio se prépare à des élections pour désigner ses députés et son président.

What became of the ‘Arab Spring’?

In Egypt, protests gathered momentum, and the army pulled its forces from the protests and Mubarak stepped down – to be tried in August on charges of abusing power and killing demonstrators.

Tunisia’s revolution after a fruit seller killed himself a decade ago inspired a wave of revolt in Arab countries as people rose up to demand democracy. This is what happened in each of the main uprisings.

Sudan’s removal from US terrorism list: What does it mean?

Former President Omar al-Bashir was toppled in April 2019 and Sudan is in transition under a military-civilian ruling council and a government of technocrats.

The US decision to end Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism comes into effect on Monday. The listing, in place for almost three decades, restricted Khartoum’s economic links and cut it off from much-needed financial assistance.