Sénégal : le Port de Dakar, futur hub logistique pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest ?
Le Port autonome de Dakar est un univers gigantesque… engoncé en plein cœur de la capitale. S’il veut se développer, il doit se moderniser, mais aussi se « décentraliser ».
Africa
Lutte contre le terrorisme : Le Mali va accueillir des forces spéciales grecques
La Grèce se prépare à envoyer une unité de forces spéciales au Mali pour rejoindre les forces militaires françaises dans le cadre des opérations contre le terroriste.
La période de déploiement n’a pas été encore officiellement annoncée, mais l’information a été donnée par le ministre grec des Affaires étrangères; en marge d’une réunion, la semaine dernière, par visioconférence entre les ministres de la Défense de l’UE .
Mali: Aqmi vise des militaires de l’opération Barkhane à Kidal, Gao et Ménaka
Plusieurs attaques terroristes, revendiquées par al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique, ont visé simultanément la force française Barkhane ce lundi matin, dans le nord du Mali. Il s’agissait essentiellement de tirs de roquettes ou d’obus. Il y a très peu de dégâts matériels et aucune victime n’est à déplorer, mais ce qui frappe, c’est la coordination de ces attaques.
Explosions in 3 Malian cities amid jihadist attacks
The cities of Kidal, Gao and Menaka in northern Mali were hit by simultaneous attacks on Monday against military camps housing international forces, according to residents and a United Nations official.
Bombing at ice cream shop in Somali capital kills at least 7
A local official says a suicide bombing at an ice cream shop in Somalia’s capital has killed at least seven people, and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group has claimed responsibility.
How Russian Disinformation Protects Violent Wagner Group Mercenaries in Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria—Journalists and citizens in the Central African Republic (CAR) have increasingly become targets for Russian mercenaries in the country, according to an investigation by The Daily Beast.
Eyewitnesses to Russian aggression in CAR say the violence has continued since the 2018 killings of three Russian journalists who were investigating the local activities of the Wagner Group, a mercenary outfit tied to a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. And coordinated pro-Russia social-media disinformation campaigns have popped up to defend the mercenaries and circulate lies about rival peacekeepers from Western nations.
‘Stop the madness,’ Tigray leader urges Ethiopia’s PM
The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region on Monday called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to “stop the madness” and withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues “on every front” two days after Abiy declared victory.
Burundian Refugees Return Home From Rwanda to an Uncertain Future
For the first time since fleeing their country five years ago, Burundian refugees living in Rwanda are returning home. But while the government sees this as a significant step in uniting a nation torn apart by political violence, activists and aid workers are treating it with caution. Tens of thousands of Burundians remain fearful of returning to a country where human rights abuses are still rampant.
Ethiopia’s Abiy Is on the Brink of a Widening War in the Horn of Africa
When a Nobel Peace Prize winner goes to war little more than a year after receiving the world’s most prestigious honor, it may come as a shock. But when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the prize in 2019, announced last week that he was launching a military offensive against one of his country’s ethnic regions, the news didn’t surprise close observers.
EU: New Pact on Migration and Asylum
The question at the core of the internal EU conflict over migration in Europe is not practical but political: whether the EU should take any migrants at all. On that question, the European Commission and the Central and Eastern European countries could not be further apart.
The proposed system invariably gives rise to multiple questions about the practical viability of the proposed system. Will frontline states become efficient at screening migrants? Will the planned increased border control work? How, exactly, are widespread, years-long people-smuggling and human trafficking by gangs who profit immensely from it, going to be stopped?