{"id":3025,"date":"2022-02-14T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:41:57","slug":"francophone-africa-update-14-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=3025","title":{"rendered":"Francophone Africa Update: 14 February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>West Africa<\/strong> coups show limits of diplomacy, opening door to new players. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/w-africa-coups-show-limits-diplomacy-opening-door-new-players-2022-01-26\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Analyses of the coup in <strong>Burkina Faso<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/africanarguments.org\/2022\/01\/making-sense-of-the-coup-in-burkina-faso\/\">African Arguments<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/middle-east-and-africa\/2022\/01\/29\/a-coup-in-burkina-faso-will-help-the-sahels-jihadists\">The Economist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attack in <strong>Benin<\/strong> national park signals expansion of jihadi threat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeuneafrique.com\/1311934\/politique\/benin-l-attaque-terroriste-dans-le-parc-du-w-signe-du-risque-de-propagation-du-jihadisme\/\">Jeune Afrique<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/fr\/afrique\/20220211-trois-attaques-ont-fait-au-moins-9-morts-dont-un-fran%C3%A7ais-dans-le-nord-du-b%C3%A9nin\">France 24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/attacks-north-benin-park-kill-including-french-citizen-82820969\">ABC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tunisia<\/strong>: President issues decree to create new judicial watchdog. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/2\/13\/tunisia-president-tightens-grip-on-top-judicial-body\">AlJazeera<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20220213-tunisian-president-saied-gives-himself-power-to-dismiss-judges\">France 24<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Les forces Barkhane et Takuba pourraient totalement quitter le <strong>Mali<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/afrique\/20220204-barkhane-et-takuba-pourraient-totalement-quitter-le-mali\">RFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EU, US restore aid to <strong>Burundi<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2022\/02\/08\/eu-restores-aid-to-burundi-despite-critics-issuing-warnings\/\">AfricaNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voaafrique.com\/a\/6438839.html\">VOA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Madagascar<\/strong>: Cyclone Batsirai kills 120. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/2\/11\/madagascar-death-toll-from-cyclone-batsirai-rises-to-120\">AlJazeera<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.euronews.com\/2022\/02\/13\/madagascar-l-aide-arrive-progressivement-dans-la-ville-devastee-de-mananjary\">Euronews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/madagascar-southern-africa-indian-ocean-mombasa-kenya-b2014732.html\">The Independent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>France Says Airstrikes Kill 40 in <strong>Burkina Faso<\/strong> Linked to Benin Attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/6439232.html\">VOA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/afrique\/article\/2022\/02\/12\/attentats-au-benin-40-djihadistes-tues-par-les-soldats-francais-de-barkhane-au-burkina_6113436_3212.html\">Le Monde<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Long read<\/strong>: S\u00e9rie en 4 articles \u00ab\u00a0Aux origines coloniales de Barkhane\u00a0\u00bb. <a href=\"https:\/\/afriquexxi.info\/article4907.html\">Afrique XXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crowdfunding\u00a0: <strong>Afrique XXI<\/strong>, un journal ind\u00e9pendant pour parler autrement de l&#8217;Afrique. Faites un don <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kisskissbankbank.com\/fr\/projects\/afrique-xxi-un-media-engage-et-independant-pour-parler-de-l-afrique\">ici<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Africa coups show limits of diplomacy, opening door to new players. Reuters Analyses of the coup in Burkina Faso. African Arguments The Economist Attack in Benin national park signals expansion of jihadi threat. 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