Jihadists and other armed groups kidnap around 500 women and children in Nigeria in one week |

A woman cries and asks the authorities to rescue the 287 children kidnapped in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, last Thursday.AP Photo (AP/LaPresse) Several armed groups have kidnapped around 500 women and children in northern Nigeria in the last week, causing enormous commotion in this African country. The first incident occurred on March 4 in Borno State, … Read more

In Mali, the junta announces the “end with immediate effect” of the Algiers agreement

While the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, commonly called the “Algiers Agreement”, already seemed to have disintegrated since the resumption in 2023 of hostilities against the central state and the Malian army by independence groups predominantly Tuareg from the north of the country, the ruling junta announced Thursday “its end”, “with immediate effect”. … Read more

Russia expands its presence in the Sahel |

Russia continues to strengthen its ties with Africa and, in particular, with the Sahel. Last week, Niger became the latest African country to sign a military cooperation agreement with Moscow. There are already more than 40 nations that receive training, advice and, above all, material from the Russian army or from one of the private … Read more

Ousmane Sonko: Senegal’s opposition leader is excluded from the presidential race |

The main opposition leader in Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, who has been in prison since last summer, has been excluded from the presidential elections that will be held starting next February 25 in this African country. The Constitutional Court made public this Saturday the final list of candidates for said elections, from which both Sonko and … Read more

In Mali, mining operators under fiscal pressure from Bamako to pay Wagner’s mercenaries

2023-12-21 16:00:03 Lingots d’or. THOMAS COEX / AFP In Bamako, the question is nagging: how was the ruling junta, financially strangled for six months by sanctions from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), able to find the funds – 10 million dollars (9.1 million euros) per month, according to American intelligence – to … Read more

Immigration Law and Its Impact on African Students: Perspectives from Morocco and Ivory Coast

2023-12-21 13:07:22 The immigration law, adopted this Tuesday by the French Parliament, provokes contrasting reactions on the African continent. If it worries students in Morocco, this text which toughens immigration conditions seems to be received with a certain indifference at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny University in Abidjan. Published on: 12/21/2023 – 2:07 p.m. 3 mn With … Read more

ECOWAS: multiplication of bilateral agreements in favor of “free roaming”

2023-12-20 23:10:02 Despite the adoption in 2017 of a “ regulation relating to roaming charges on mobile networks in the Cédéao area “, residents of the sub-region often continue to pay high prices for their calls and data when they leave their country. Unless they buy a local SIM every time they travel. But in … Read more

In Burkina Faso, four French people arrested on suspicion of espionage

2023-12-20 17:14:58 Four French people were arrested in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, at the beginning of December, suspected by the Burkinabè authorities of being intelligence agents who had come to carry out espionage activities, we learned on Tuesday. Contacted by France 24, a French source close to the matter denounces a maneuver aimed at justifying the … Read more