Africa

Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed that today there was an attempt by armed militias to storm its Tripoli headquarters.

The NOC confirmed media news that at noon today ‘‘some armed outlaw gangs attempted to forcefully enter the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and the Petroleum Facilities Guard, charged with protecting the Corporation’s building, was surprised by the arrival of armed vehicles in the opposite direction to traffic, making some chaotic movements, withdrew weapons and tried to break into the outer fence to the institution building’’.

Egypt is reportedly seeking an alliance with Sudan and Israel to counter Turkish moves in the Red Sea.

In an attempt to counter the Turkish influence in the Red Sea and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions in the region, there have been reports that Egypt has formed a tripartite front with Israel and Sudan.

Qatar has signed an agreement with the Tripoli-based Libyan government to build and train military forces in what some see as an attempt to undermine the current progress toward a political solution in Libya.

In what observers considered a new challenge for the 5+5 Joint Military Commission talks in Geneva and a desire to obstruct the peace endeavors between Libyan parties, Qatar signed a military agreement Nov. 13 with the Government of National Accord (GNA) based in western Libya to “train and build military capacities.” This step allows Qatar to boost its military presence on Libyan territories.

En Guinée-Conakry et en Côte d’Ivoire, les dernières élections présidentielles ont fragilisé l’équilibre social. Au Burkina-Faso, les électeurs s’apprêtent à voter ce dimanche, 22 novembre 2020 à la présidentielle. Au Mali, l’opération Bourrasque (FAMa, Barkhane, FAN…) porte des coups sérieux aux narcoterroristes avec la mort de Ba Ag Moussa, un des lieutenants d’Iyad Ag Ghaly du “GSIM”. Au même moment, pour ancrer son pouvoir dans la Sous-Région, le président de la transition, Bah N’Daw, fait la tournée de quelques chefs d’Etat ouest africains dont le Ghanéen Nana Akufo-Addo, président en exercice de la Cédéao. En Europe, la France, l’Allemagne, etc., sont de nouveau sous cloche pour limiter la diffusion du coronavirus. Les crises sont partout et s’accumulent. Mais où allons-nous ?

Tué en juin par les forces armées françaises, le djihadiste Abdelmalek Droukdel a été remplacé par l’Algérien Abou Oubaïda Youssef al-Annabi à la tête de l’organisation terroriste Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique.

The Islamic State’s external province in Congo and Mozambique coordinates ISIS core on attack claims, but also the timing of attacks.

The ISIS spokesman’s October speech calling for prison break operations preceded a successful prison break by jihadists in Congo and an attempted prison break ISIS fighters in Mozambique.

What is the best way to describe the conflict in Libya? Is it a civil war between competing factions? Or has the conflict in fact morphed into a proxy war where there are several competing agendas at work?

Depuis la libération de centaines de jihadistes au Mali, en octobre, les autorités s’inquiètent de l’identité de certains de ces éléments, qui pourraient menacer sa sécurité.