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Niger secures release of kidnapped French journalist Olivier Dubois and American aid worker Jeffery WoodkeF

By Camille Laffont: A French journalist and a US aid worker who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel have been released, an AFP journalist saw Monday. French freelancer Olivier Dubois and American aid worker Jeffery Woodke emerged from a plane that landed at...

Egypt and Turkey look for ways to mend fencesF

Turkey's top diplomat will visit Egypt on Saturday as relations ease after a decade of strained ties, Cairo's foreign ministry said. It follows a visit last month by Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Turkey in a show of solidarity after the devastating...

Africa: Competition between France and Russia over Africa is getting more violentF

By Barbara Debou: On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Hurling petrol bombs, they set fire to beer crates stacked inside the MOCAF brewery's fortified...

Sahel: Secretary Blinken visits Niger as US worries about Russia’s expanding influence in the SahelF

By Shaun Tandon: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Niger on Thursday for a rare visit to a country seen as a bastion of support for Western military operations in a region where Russia is making inroads. Blinken is the first US official at this level to...

Libya PM fires Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush after she met Israel’s counterpartF

Libya PM fires Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush after she met Israel’s counterpartF

Aug 29, 2023

Libya's internationally recognised prime minister has sacked his top diplomat after she met her Israeli counterpart,...

Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisisF

Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisisF

Aug 29, 2023

The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime...

Don’t expect Wagner to abandon Africa after Prigozhin’s announced deathF

Don’t expect Wagner to abandon Africa after Prigozhin’s announced deathF

Aug 25, 2023

Despite the reported death of the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Moscow has every interest in continuing...

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