Le groupe des pays d’Afrique de l’Est, l’Igad (The Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Afric), a exprimé son optimisme mercredi quant à la reprise de nouveaux pourparlers entre le gouvernement éthiopien et l’Armée de libération oromo (OLA), suite à l’échec des discussions visant à mettre fin à cinq ans d’insurrection en Oromia, l’État régional le plus vaste et peuplé d’Éthiopie.
L’implication du mouvement séparatiste du Polisario dans des activités qualifiées de terroristes, crée des préoccupations géopolitiques délicates en Algérie et en Afrique.
Bien que le Polisario ait historiquement été considéré comme un mouvement de libération cherchant l’indépendance pour le Sahara occidental, des inquiétudes croissantes ont émergé quant à ses liens avec des groupes terroristes et ses activités déstabilisatrices régionales.
L’armée malienne a formellement démenti les allégations selon lesquelles le Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans (GSIM), affilié à Al-Qaïda, aurait pris le contrôle d’un camp dans la région de Tombouctou (nord) le vendredi dernier.
Lors d’une contre-offensive menée dimanche soir par les Forces armées burkinabè contre environ 3 000 « terroristes » ayant attaqué le camp militaire de Djibo dans la province du Soum, au Burkina Faso, au moins 400 personnes ont été neutralisées, selon des sources concordantes.
Des responsables de milices anti-terroristes ont rapporté lundi que près de cinquante terroristes affiliés à l’État islamique ont été éliminés lors de l’explosion d’une mine anti-véhicule dans la région du lac Tchad, dans le nord-est du Nigeria.
Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and retired IRGC General Ezzatollah Zarghami said on a November 20, 2023 show on IRIB Ofogh TV (Iran) that Iran has supplied Hamas with Fajr-3 rockets. He said that Iran helps both Shiite Hizbullah and Sunni Hamas. Zarghami claimed to have traveled to the region to deliver the rockets and provide instructions on operating them. He claimed to have been inside the Hamas tunnels.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) on November 24, 2023, that he has spoken with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, as well as leaders in Hamas and PIJ (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) in Beirut, who said that only 10-12% of their capabilities have been used in Gaza. He explained that the factions still have not used approximately 90% of their forces and weapons in confronting the “Israeli entity.”
Now that truce has been arrived at between Israel and Hamas for a period of four days and with the release of a few hostages from both sides, there is hope that truce could be further extended and the intensity of war would become significantly less. This likely ” truce period” gives an opportunity for the sworn supporters and bitter opponents of Hamas as well as Israel and the observers around the world to introspect on the happenings and whether this war could have been avoided.
Pretending the two terrorist groups are the same will only make it harder to protect Israel and end the war.
Shortly after the horrific attacks of October 7th, when Hamas terrorists brutally killed more than 1,400 men, women and children, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that “Hamas is ISIS.” It’s a comparison that has been reinforced by numerous Israeli and American officials, including U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, who, while visiting Israel shortly after the attack, commented that what Hamas did was “worse than ISIS.”
Since the Hamas raid on Israel on Oct. 7, the Islamic State (IS) has been attempting to exploit the resulting conflict to inspire its followers to commit acts of terrorism. Working through its central command apparatus, branches, and affiliates, as well as its legions of online supporters, IS seeks to capitalize on hostile sentiments stirred up throughout the Muslim world by Israel’s assault on Hamas in Gaza, launched in response to an attack that killed over 1,400 in Israel.