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Canadian authorities charged two nationals of involvement in selling Chinese-made drones and other military-equipment in Libya. The case goes back to 2018 when the two men served at the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency headquartered in Montreal. The two men Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, 61, and Mahmud Mohamed Elsuwaye Sayeh, 37, were found […]
The Sudanese civil war pitting the army against the Rapid Support Force RSF is threatening to reproduce ethnical cleansing in Darfur and spill over to neighboring Chad. Both warring factions have tried to recruit among local African and Arab tribes in an area where the wounds of the past genocide have not yet healed, according […]
Africa’s most populous nation is eying a $2 billion World Bank loan to help address pressing challenges and back up hard currency reserves, the government said. The country qualifies for the financing and has the support of other regional banks such as the African Development Bank, Nigerian finance minister Wale Edun said on the sidelines […]
RS Berkane was declared winner of an African Confederation Cup game opposing it to USM Alger although it did not play due to Algerian authorities’ refusal to hand them their jerseys. Algerian customs withheld jerseys because they bore the full map of Morocco including the Saharan provinces. CAF had asked Algerian football federation to make […]
The Wall Street Journal highlighted the independence declaration by Kabylia’s MAK movement after years of repression under the Algerian regime. “After half a century of working with human-rights and democratic groups in Algeria to liberalize the one-party police state, Kabyle spokesmen, including Mr. Mehenni, brought the case for decolonization to the U.N. A few days […]
The United States has agreed to withdraw its about 1,000 troops from Niger, where it built and operated a major drone base in the desert city of Agadez, in a move that effectively marks a new regional gain for Russia. Washington has accepted the call to pull out its troops from Nigeria and is committed […]
Lawmakers in Togo have given final approval to a constitutional reform linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and civil society groups have denounced as a constitutional coup. Togo’s parliament had already adopted the amendments on 25 March, but following a backlash by the opposition who fear the […]
With geopolitical confrontation and tensions deepening, the key global players are swiftly turning their focus on Africa, experts and observers note, with some of them warning African leaders to exercise prudence in forging international alliances, in particular with countries led by such “‘power-drunk’ leader(s) like Putin”. As African leaders are making strategic choices based on […]
The year-old war in Sudan has triggered “a crisis of epic proportions” fueled by material support from foreign supporters who continue to flout United Nations sanctions, top United Nations and African Union officials warned on Friday (19 April). That the rival generals vying for power in Sudan “have been able to sustain their confrontation, it […]
The human rights situation in Algeria deteriorated in 2023 due to increased repression and violation of the freedoms of expression, press, assembly, and association, says the U.S State Department in its latest annual country report on the human rights situation in Algeria. The report cites documented cases of torture, arbitrary arrests, and inhuman treatment of […]