2023-07-18 09:45:05
Africa, and more specifically its subsoil, is once once more coveted by the North. The industrialized countries facing the energy transition all need the metals found on this continent. A unique opportunity for Africa to restore more justice and equality in international trade. To talk regarding it, Ali Laïdi receives Ousseini Hadizatou Yacouba, Minister of Mines of Niger.
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several dead and wounded in an attack near Burkina Faso
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-07-15 19:49:12
A gendarme and four civilians were killed Friday in Niger in a “complex terrorist attack” on the road linking Torodi to Makalondi, in the Tillabéri region (southwest), near Burkina Faso, the army announced on Saturday. nigerian.
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The national army described as “complex” the terrorist attack which has just mourned Niger on Friday July 15, committed on the road axis linking Torodi to Makalondi, in the region of Tillabéri (south-west), near Burkina Faso. A gendarme and four civilians lost their lives there, according to the report provided by the army the next day, Saturday July 16.
“In the followingnoon of July 14, 2023, around 1:40 p.m. (local time) a detachment of the National Gendarmerie on a convoy escort mission on the Torodi-Makalondi section was the target of a terrorist attack complex”, indicates a press release from the staff of the Armies of Niger.
According to the report of the staff, five people “died” including a gendarme and four civilians. Nineteen people were injured including seven gendarmes, five soldiers and seven civilians evacuated to Niamey, the text continues.
“On the enemy side, two terrorists were killed” following an “energetic response” from Nigerien forces, the statement said.
In addition, the Nigerien soldiers recovered five motorcycles, two AK47 rifles and a portable radio belonging to the attackers.
Torodi and Makalondi are two municipalities located respectively 55 and 96 km from the capital Niamey, in the south-west of the country.
The Makalondi police station, the last town in Niger before the border with Burkina, has been targeted several times by suspected jihadists: last March “heavily armed men” set it on fire, injuring a civilian.
Lair of Sahelian jihadists
The Tillabéri region, located in the so-called “three borders” area between Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali, is a haven for Sahelian jihadists, including the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (EIGS).
For years, this part of Niger has been regularly targeted by attacks from Islamist groups despite the massive deployment of anti-jihadist forces and the state of emergency in force.
French soldiers are fighting there alongside Nigerien soldiers, according to the authorities of the two countries.
More than 10,800 people, including women and children from a dozen villages in the department of Say, still in this region, have fled their homes since the beginning of July, following “violence” by armed men, reported on Wednesday. humanitarian sources and local authorities.
In its southeastern part, bordering Lake Chad and Nigeria, Niger must also face the jihadists of Boko Haram and its dissident branch Iswap (Islamic State in West Africa).
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Rising Humanitarian Crisis in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger: The Impact of Climate Change and Jihadist Attacks
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-06 21:31:39
Between them, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger represent less than 1% of the world’s population, but 5% of its humanitarian needs, according to the report by the American NGO International Rescue Committee published on Tuesday 6 June. More than five million people are in a situation of food insecurity in the three countries of the central Sahel and nearly three million people are displaced, a figure that has risen sharply since 2014.
The American NGO sees this as a consequence of the combined effect of the attacks by jihadist groups that these countries have been suffering for several years and of climate change. Temperatures are rising one and a half times faster than in the rest of the world, while 78% of the population depends on agriculture.
>> To read also: [2] Special program: Sahel, the consequences of global warming
Communities in parts of the central Sahel are therefore on the front line of both crises.
For the IRC, this is not a coincidence, but the result of a series of political decisions. The lack of investment in these regions makes people more exposed to the effects of climate change. And this fragility creates fertile ground for armed groups. A vicious circle that the NGO calls to break.
How ? Before answering it, the IRC’s regional vice-president for West Africa, Modou Diao looks back on the process that has led, over time, to the marginalization of the regions that are today the most affected.
The feeling of discrimination is felt in these regions and as many young people do not have jobs, they are perhaps more inclined to be mobilized in armed groups. We propose a response at three levels: meeting the humanitarian needs of the populations […]try to break the vicious circle by implementing structural projects by helping to improve access to resources […]to propose financing for projects to adapt to global warming and that the financing which is oriented for climate change is not limited only to the reduction of greenhouse gases because we know that these areas affected by countries conflicts have only a minimal contribution to climate change […]
Modou Diao: Rural areas have been marginalized since colonial times and have been less prepared for climate change
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In Tunisia, journalists demonstrate for freedom of the press
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-05-18 21:43:29
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Tunisian journalists demonstrated on Thursday to denounce the government’s “repressive” policy. The latter uses justice, according to them, to intimidate and submit the media. At the call of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists, the demonstrators also protested once morest the five-year prison sentence on appeal of a journalist from the private radio station Mosaïque FM, Khalifa Guesmi, for having disclosed information on the security services. .
Kaïs Saïed received Jewish, Muslim and Christian dignitaries. The Tunisian president received them at the Carthage Palace, nine days following the deadly shooting that occurred on the island of Djerba. It occurred near a synagogue, killing five people. Four suspects were arrested Thursday as part of the investigation. So far, Kaïs Saïed refuses to consider this act as terrorist or anti-Semitic. He wanted to be reassuring towards the three communities, and in particular the Jewish community in mourning following the death of two faithful on 9 May.
In Niger, an agreement might move the lines. It was concluded a few days ago by the various communities of the department of Bani Bangou, in the region of Tillabéri. An area where rivalries might sometimes lead to violence. Great progress has been made since the signing of the agreement. A report by our correspondent in Niger, Harold Girard.
The presidential election in Somaliland was due to take place last November, it has been postponed, like all the elections that have been held in this territory since it declared its independence, in 1991. Somaliland wants at all costs to be recognized as a country by the international community. And this postponement does not play in his favor. This time, the president’s term has been extended for a maximum of two years by the Upper House of Parliament. A report by our special correspondent in Hargeisa, Bastien Renouil.
Do you know sand hockey? In Morocco, it is called “le Mok7acha”. It is an ancestral discipline practiced by nomadic tribes of the Sahara. This sport is threatened with extinction in the region, and competitions are becoming increasingly rare. Carolyn Lamboley’s story.
Editor: Célia Caracena.
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