Sahara occidental : le Maroc à la manœuvre dans la zone tampon de Guerguerat

Après avoir construit un mur de sable, le royaume mène des travaux de remblai sur la route menant à la Mauritanie, dans un contexte de tensions avec le Front Polisario.
Après avoir construit un mur de sable, le royaume mène des travaux de remblai sur la route menant à la Mauritanie, dans un contexte de tensions avec le Front Polisario.
Opposés depuis deux semaines dans un conflit militaire, le gouvernement éthiopien et les autorités de la région dissidente du Tigré ont chacun revendiqué, mercredi, d’importantes victoires militaires.
There has long been speculation about how Boko Haram and other terrorist organizations are funded. Some funding clearly comes [PDF] from criminal activity, with kidnapping particularly lucrative, and from bank robberies. Presumably, protection rackets also play a role. At some times and in some places, Boko Haram has been able to impose “taxes” on the local population. Boko Haram has also been involved in trading, especially in the Lake Chad Basin. Weapons—a major expense—appear often to come from government armories, sometimes because “the back gate was left unlocked.” In southern, predominantly Christian Nigeria, it is often assumed that northern “big men” provide funding for Boko Haram. Most of this is speculation. It also appears likely that Boko Haram’s brand of terrorism is cheap; the organization does not require the levels of funding characteristic of terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East or Europe.
Le Conseil national de transition, lourdement retardé pour des raisons confuses, espiègles et d’ordre stratégique, est le dernier organe transitoire qui balisera le terrain dans la suite de la mise en œuvre de la feuille de route. Hélas, le Colonel Assimi Goïta tient le bout pour que cela arrive.
La Chine est prête à continuer à travailler avec la communauté internationale pour la paix, la stabilité et la prospérité à long terme dans la région du Sahel, a déclaré lundi un envoyé chinois à l’ONU.
The naval vessels and units participating in the drill departed from Alexandria Naval Base in formation on their way to the Black Sea
A number of Egyptian naval vessels participating in the Egyptian-Russian maritime drill dubbed Friendship Bridge 3 have crossed the Dardanelles and Bosporus straits on their way to the Black Sea, the Egyptian Armed Forces said on Monday.
When the African Energy Chamber (AEC) started drawing up our 2021 Africa Energy Outlook, which was released on Nov. 10, Libya’s oil industry was still struggling in the face of persistent civil conflict.
If I called 2020 a terrible year for the oil industry, no one would take exception. Demand collapsed in the spring, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has yet to recover fully. Prices then collapsed in April as OPEC and Russia walked away from production curbs and flooded the market with crude that no one wanted or needed, and once again, they have yet to regain all of the ground they have lost.
Presently, the Polisario Front appears to be trying to create “facts on the ground” outside of any legal framework, presumably in the hope that the international community will view them as irreversible.
International help would be greatly appreciated to prevent this showdown in the Sahara from escalating further.
Le Vieux est parti !” C’est par ces quelques syllabes que mon frère et ami Mohamed Kéïta (gendre d’ATT) m’a appris le décès brutal de l’ancien président de la République, Amadou Toumani Touré, dans la nuit du lundi à mardi aux environs de 3 h 32. Au premier abord, j’ai compris qu’il s’agissait bien de la disparition de celui que j’ai toujours considéré comme mon père puisque je savais qu’il était parti en Turquie, la veille, pour des examens complémentaires après avoir subi avec succès une opération du cœur à l’Hôpital Mère-Enfant “Le Luxembourg”, quelques jours avant.
The Polisario movement seeking independence for Western Sahara said on Friday that Morocco has broken the 1991 ceasefire between them and had “begun the battle and ignited the war”.
Morocco earlier on Friday said it would clear Polisario supporters from the main highway linking the desert territory to Mauritania.