Africa
Au Sahel, l’émir Iyad Ag-Ghali toujours vivant, toujours influent, toujours traqué
Depuis 2020, l’émir du Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans (GSIM) doit faire face à la branche sahélienne de l’Etat islamique.
Mali: le chef de cabinet du colonel Assimi Goïta tué dans une embuscade
Le chef de cabinet du colonel Assimi Goïta, président de la transition dominée par les militaires au Mali, fait partie des quatre personnes tuées dans une attaque mardi près de la frontière mauritanienne, indique jeudi une note de la présidence authentifiée par l’AFP.
Selon le document, Oumar Traoré, chef de cabinet du colonel Goïta, était dans la délégation victime d’une embuscade près de la localité de Nara, dans une région en proie aux attaques jihadistes.
Les obsèques ont lieu jeudi à Kati, ville-garnison près de la capitale Bamako, précise la même source.
Quelque 320 militaires soudanais fuyant les combats se réfugient au Tchad
Trois-cent-vingt militaires soudanais fuyant les combats meurtriers dans leur pays entre les paramilitaires des Forces de soutien rapide (FSR) et l’armée régulière ont traversé la frontière dimanche et se sont rendus à l’armée tchadienne, a annoncé mercredi le ministre tchadien de la Défense.
Stopping Sudan’s Descent into Full-Blown Civil War
Fighting in cities across Sudan has left hundreds dead and trapped untold numbers at home in severe danger. If not halted, the conflict could become a devastating civil war. Local and outside actors should demand a humanitarian ceasefire, especially around Eid al-Fitr, followed by talks.
Stopping Sudan’s Descent into Full-Blown Civil War
Fighting in cities across Sudan has left hundreds dead and trapped untold numbers at home in severe danger. If not halted, the conflict could become a devastating civil war. Local and outside actors should demand a humanitarian ceasefire, especially around Eid al-Fitr, followed by talks.
Sudan Must Quickly Resolve Internal Security Issue to Avoid Collapse
Sudan faces an attempted coup as its military engages in battles in Khartoum against rival paramilitary forces. The clashes have so far killed dozens of civilians and fighters. According to a Reuters report, “The fighting that broke out on Saturday between army units loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, is the first such outbreak since both joined forces to oust president Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2019.”
How Chinese are financing terrorists to illegally access mineral resources in Nigeria – Report
A BRITISH national newspaper, The Times, has reported that Chinese nationals in the mining sector are financing terrorist groups in some parts of Nigeria to gain access to the country’s mineral resources.
The national daily revealed this in an investigation it published on Saturday, April 15.
Inside Nigeria’s centres for jihadists and their captives
On an arid plot of land in northern Nigeria, veiled women hurry past vegetable stalls and men idle outside endless rows of tarpaulin tents in what, at first glance, appears to be a typical camp for displaced people.
In reality, Hajj Camp in Borno State is a centre for processing tens of thousands of jihadists, their families and those who lived under their control. In exchange for freedom, the government persuaded them to turn themselves in — a move aimed at ending an insurgency by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) group that has killed thousands and displaced over two million since 2009.
Rwanda promises military assistance to Benin to combat Sahel jihadist threat
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame met his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon at the weekend, promising military support to help the west African nation contain a spillover from jihadist conflict at Benin’s northern border with Burkina Faso.