Updates on Francophone Africa

  • La Commission vérité, justice et réconciliation au Mali: un travail thérapeutique indispensable

WATHI Debate on rfi.fr

  • Quel bilan pour Issoufou et quels défis pour son successeur?

Apa NEWS: Tatiana Smirnova, chercheuse associée au Sahel Research Group (Université de Floride),dresse le bilan des deux quinquennats du président sortant, Mahamadou Issoufou, et décrit les défis qui attendent son successeur.

  • Boko Haram : La violence contre les civils s’intensifie dans le nord du Cameroun

Read more on Centre d’études stratégiques de l’Afrique

  • Five civilians killed in Algeria

The defense ministry declared it is the deadliest attack targeting civilians in recent years.

Read more on Arabnews.com

  • Forty-six civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack

Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Ugandan Islamist militants Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The armed group is believed to have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Eastern Congo since the start of 2019 (UN figures).

Read more on Reuters

 

 

Chad withdraws from anti-jihadi operations outside its national territory

Shortly after 100 Chadian soldiers were killed in a sophisticated attack by Boko Haram, the Chadian President Idriss Deby declared that it will withdraw anti-jihadi operations outside its national territory: “Our troops have died for Lake Chad and the Sahel. From today, no Chadian soldiers will take part in a military mission outside Chad”.

International Crisis Group

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