There are growing indications that Erdogan may be pushing to undermine the ceasefire in Libya.
At the current stage of the French-Turkish political conflict, political and religious considerations are being purposely mixed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but the background of his clash with France confirms it has nothing to do with religion, which is being used to hide an intense conflict governed by geostrategic calculations.
Turkish armed forces have started training the Libyan coast guard, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing reports of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. The newspaper rates this as a “further blow” against Rome’s influence on the LibyanGovernment of National Accord [GNA] in Tripoli, as this activity has so far been carried out by the Italian military mission.
The leading NGO for African migrants’ issues on Sunday said that the vast majority of them will not necessarily be sent back to their countries of origin despite the Sudan-Israel normalization process.
Sudan’s government has agreed to negotiate the repatriation of large numbers of migrants who illegally entered Israel, following the announced normalization between the countries.
Le sort des otages locaux préoccupe au Mali, depuis l’échange de prisonniers entre les autorités et les groupes armés djihadistes ayant favorisé la libération de Soumaïla Cissé et trois autres ex-otages occidentaux.
Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères se rend ce dimanche au Mali pour une visite de deux jours. C’est la première visite d’une autorité civile française depuis le coup d’État du 18 août. Le chef de la diplomatie française aura des entretiens notamment avec le président de la transition et son Premier ministre Moctar Ouane. Paris veut parler de paix, de sécurité, mais également apporter son soutien à la transition.
”Ne așteptăm ca după cinci ani să primim un mesaj de la Iulian sau noi să-i putem trimite un mesaj. Să știe că familia se gândește la el, iar noi să știm că este bine”, spune sora lui Iulian, Elvira Gherguț, pentru Libertatea. Autoritățile de la București menționează că nu au noutăți, dar că se lucrează.
SUDAN U.S. President Trump announced a normalisation agreement between Sudan and Israel on Friday, shortly after signing an order to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in exchange for the country paying $335mn to the families of victims of the 1998 Al Qaeda bombings in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi. Crisis Group expert Jonas Horner says removing Sudan from the U.S. State Department’s terror list will boost Prime Minister Hamdok politically and facilitate Khartoum’s access to desperately needed international debt relief and loans to combat the country’s dire economic crisis. While the Trump administration will herald the normalisation agreement as a foreign policy victory ahead of the U.S. presidential election, the deal may catalyse a new wave of dissent among Sudanese Islamists.
In a COVID-altered landscape of global security threats, economic opportunities and strategic change, Africa is seizing center stage. Africans form the world’s fastest-growing population and national economies. Violent crises, democracy movements, extremist threats, international investments, human displacement and strategic opportunities all are rising. The coronavirus pandemic underscores both Africa’s risks to global stability from fragile states—and the overlooked potential of a continent now outperforming wealthier regions in containing the public health crisis. COVID is the latest reminder that “Africa’s deepening vulnerabilities and its rising capacities will shape global realities whether we prepare for that or not,” according to scholar Joseph Sany.
Du haut de sa position du vice-président de la transition, le Colonel Assimi Goïta et ses affidés portent en parfaite symbiose pour exercer une pression colossale au sommet de l’État. Pas en termes du bon travail, mais en termes d’emprise sur les prérogatives du Chef de l’État.