The United Nations said Wednesday that 42 migrants were missing and presumed dead after a boat capsized off Libya’s coast last week, the latest in a string of deadly shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean that have claimed more than a thousand lives so far this year.

Une nouvelle crise a éclaté au grand jour mercredi entre le président sénégalais Bassirou Diomaye Faye et son Premier ministre Ousmane Sonko, en plein bras de fer sur le sort de la cheffe de la coalition présidentielle. Dans un communiqué, le parti au pouvoir du Premier ministre Sonko a rejeté …

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has granted a pardon to French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Algerian presidency said on Wednesday. Algerian authorities arrested Sansal a year ago and a court sentenced him in March to five years in jail for ‘undermining national unity’.

Boualem Sansal gracié ! L’écrivain franco-algérien, emprisonné depuis un an en Algérie, a été gracié et sera transféré en Allemagne pour des soins médicaux. Boualem Sansal avait été condamné à cinq ans de prison ferme à l’âge de 80 ans. Il est atteint d’un cancer. Sébastien Lecornu a exprimé le …

The international charity Save the Children is warning of widespread violence against women and children in Somalia. Just this week, a father killed his four children in an arson attack. In October, an 11-year-old girl was subject to a violent rape, and a mother was murdered along with her three …

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has pardoned French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal following a request from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Sansal, 81, was arrested last year and sentenced to five years for undermining national unity, charges he denied, insisting he never intended to offend Algeria or its institutions.

Un prétendu compte d’actualité prétend que la chaîne de télévision française BFM TV aurait annoncé la prise imminente de la capitale du Mali par les jihadistes du JNIM. La chaîne d’information continue n’a pas fait une telle annonce. Selon les experts, la chute de Bamako à court terme paraît militairement …

Dans un entretien accordé à France 24, Tiéman Hubert Coulibaly, ancien chef de la diplomatie malienne, alerte sur la situation sécuritaire au Mali. Alors que le JNIM multiplie les blocus et que plusieurs pays occidentaux appellent leurs ressortissants à quitter le territoire, il estime que « dans le désordre, tout peut …

A military helicopter crash in southern Ghana in August, which killed eight people including the defence and environment ministers, was caused by adverse weather, limited visibility, and hilly terrain, according to an official probe. The 12-year-old helicopter was airworthy but lacked safety features, and gaps in aviation infrastructure contributed to …

African Union Commission President Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed serious concern over an ongoing jihadist blockade in Mali, calling for « urgent international action ». For weeks, jihadists with the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) have imposed a fuel blockade on Mali, creating a major crisis for its …