Russian, French and American leaders are crisscrossing Africa to win support for their positions on the war in Ukraine, waging what some say is the most intense competition for influence on the continent since the Cold War.
Countries in the Sahel need to collaborate to stem the tide of weapons flowing through Niger.
Arms and ammunition seizures by security forces in Niger’s Agadez and Tahoua regions between January 2021 and February 2022 helped dismantle trafficking networks in the country. This is positive, but what do the seizures say about the extent of the problem? Is arms trafficking from Libya to countries in the south on the rise again?
Demonstrators have accused international forces of failing to deter armed groups responsible for a wave of deadly attacks.
At least 15 people, including three U.N. peacekeepers, have been killed and 60 others injured in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in an escalation of dayslong protests against the United Nations in a mineral-rich region that has been ravaged by incessant deadly violence.
Al-Qaeda jihadists are tightening the screws on Mali’s military junta, extending their attacks to the south of the country and hitting a key garrison town on the outskirts of the capital.
Raids last week displayed coordination and operational complexity at a range that is unprecedented in the country’s decade-long jihadist campaign, say analysts.
France could deliver drones and more sophisticated weapons to Benin to help it tackle a worsening Islamist insurgency that is threatening the region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.
Macron made the pledge during a joint press conference with Benin’s President Patrice Talon on the second leg of his three-nation tour of Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s four-country Africa swing attracted a great deal of attention in Western media outlets, which framed his trip as a diplomatic campaign intended to prove that the West’s efforts to isolate Russia have obvious limits. In Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, and the Republic of Congo, Lavrov sought to deflect responsibility for the serious food and fuel disruptions resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and position Moscow as a champion of state sovereignty and independence. It’s an audacious claim from a country currently engaged in a campaign to annex part of its neighbor. Meanwhile, the world waits for Russia to lift its blockade on Ukrainian grain and allow ships to pass through the Black Sea.
France could deliver drones and more sophisticated weapons to Benin to help it tackle a worsening Islamist insurgency that is threatening the region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.
Macron made the pledge during a joint press conference with Benin’s President Patrice Talon on the second leg of his three-nation tour of Cameroon, Benin and Guinea-Bissau.
Des centaines de militaires et miliciens burundais ont été envoyés clandestinement dans l’Est de la RDC depuis fin 2021 pour traquer le groupe rebelle RED-Tabara, affirme mercredi dans un rapport l’ONG Initiative pour les droits humains au Burundi (IDHB).
C’est l’affaire dont tout le monde parle depuis quatre mois sur les bords de la lagune Ébrié : le démantèlement d’un réseau de trafic de drogue a révélé l’implication présumée de plusieurs hommes d’affaires bien connus sur la place d’Abidjan. JA a mené l’enquête. Éléments exclusifs.
L’hydre jihadiste semble se répandre à une vitesse exponentielle sur le continent, atteignant désormais de nombreux pays longtemps épargnés.
Le 5 juillet 2022, le groupe Etat islamique en Afrique de l’Ouest (ISWAP), faction dissidente de Boko Haram, a attaqué la prison de Kujé, près d’Abuja, la capitale fédérale du Nigeria, et fait évader près de 900 prisonniers, dont des hauts cadres du mouvement.