Africa

La question est posée après l’avis donné par des experts nommés par les colonels. Leur proposition de deux ans figurerait dans la « charte de la transition » actuellement en discussion.

Qui va diriger la transition ? Cette question est au centre de la réflexion d’une centaine de responsables réunis à Bamako. La proposition qui leur a été faite ? Une transition de deux ans sous la conduite d’un président désigné par la junte, avant un retour des civils au pouvoir.

Quarante-cinq soldats ont été tués dans le cadre des opérations militaires françaises au Mali depuis 2013. Lourd bilan. Après le coup d’Etat du 18 août, l’armée française doit-elle rester ? Dans quelles conditions ?

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has said it believes that more than a dozen Russian aircraft, first reported to have been deployed to Libya in May, are being flown by Wagner Group paramilitary pilots.

Two terror suspects linked to the financial network that supports the Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq and Syria are among nine individuals whose cash and property were frozen by the government Wednesday.

On the morning of 06 September, a vehicle charged two National Guards at Akouda-El Kantaoui crossing just north of Sousse, killing one guard and wounding the other.

Russian fighter jets mercenaries are flying in Libya are engaging in ground strikes and combat activities, U.S. Africa Command says.

According to Navy Rear Adm. Heidi Berg, AFRICOM’s director of intelligence, there are at least 14 Russian fighter aircraft that are based out of Al Jufra and Al Khadim airfields in Libya.

Security force defections can be key to nonviolent uprisings, but when the military moves to take power the record is much more mixed.

Last year was one of the most dramatic years of nonviolent action in recent memory, with millions taking to the streets to push for greater economic equality, democratic representation, and social justice. Some of the most dramatic uprisings took place in Africa, where longstanding repressive political regimes were forced from power in Sudan and Algeria, and protests over fuel prices in Zimbabwe led to a government crackdown. The recent almost entirely bloodless coup in Mali, in which soldiers abducted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and forced him to resign capped a similar uprising, but is complicated by the role of the military in the president’s ouster and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Une cellule affiliée au groupe djihadiste Etat islamique (EI) qui planifiait des attentats-suicides a été démantelée jeudi 10 septembre au Maroc, a annoncé la police locale, précisant que cinq hommes avaient été arrêtés et divers équipements saisis, dont des ceintures explosives.

Theme

The lessons that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has learnt after years of activity in the Sahel have crystallised in the creation of Jamā’at Nuṣrat al-Islām wa-l-Muslimīn, or JNIM. This paper analyses JNIM propaganda to shed light on this new alliance and its relationship with the regional organisational structure of AQIM.