Mali has begun the trial of alleged Islamist gunmen accused of killing two dozen people in separate attacks – both targeting foreigners – on a luxury hotel and a restaurant in the capital Bamako, in 2015.
An American citizen has been kidnapped in a village in southern Niger close to the border with Nigeria. No group has claimed responsibility so far.
Philip Walton had been living and working as a missionary in the area of Massalata for a year.
Libya’s internationally recognized government has agreed to release two Russian political operatives who’ve been jailed for more than a year, officials said, signaling a detente with Moscow, which had backed a rival in a devastating civil war.
Mali’s interim prime minister said on Monday he was open to talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast swathes of the country ungovernable, but former colonial power France signalled opposition to the idea.
Egypt has demanded that Turkey stay away from issues the Egyptians are dealing with, including efforts to end the dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian ruling Fatah faction.
La question du dialogue avec les groupes terroristes a été l’un des sujets de désaccord entre le Premier ministre Moctar Ouane et le ministre français des Affaires étrangères, Jean-Yves Le Drian, qui achevait une visite de 48 heures dans notre pays. Alors que Paris oppose son refus à un éventuel dialogue avec les groupes terroristes, le chef du gouvernement estime qu’il faut plutôt voir en cette possibilité de dialogue » une opportunité d’engager une vaste discussion avec les communautés afin de définir les contours d’une nouvelle gouvernance des espaces « .
Le missionnaire américain qui a été enlevé était installé depuis un an dans le fief de Massalata, non loin de la frontière avec le Nigeria. Depuis un an, Philip Walton avait acheté un jardin et s’y était installé avec sa femme.
L’attentat du bar-restaurant la Terrasse avait fait 5 morts en 2015, celui de l’hôtel Radisson 22 morts, la même année. Le procès lié à ces attentats qui s’est ouvert ce matin à Bamako. Fawaz Ould Ahmed, le principal accusé, contre toute attente, est bel et bien là.
The route that the Nice terror attacker took to enter Europe has been revealed – as Italian officials came under pressure to explain how and why he was released from their custody despite having no legal right to enter Europe.
Brahim Aoussaoui, 21, left his family’s impoverished village of Bou Hajla in Tunisia on or around September 15, according to the country’s judiciary spokesman, having paid smugglers to take him to Europe.
Eforturi disperate şi teste majore pentru ONU, Rusia şi Turcia în Libia, în perspectiva retragerii trupelor străine, de mercenari şi stoparea aprovizionării cu arme a părţilor rivale şi a puzderiei de miliţii de tot felul, pentru a încerca trimiterea în negocieri politice de pace a haosului libian.