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Le Premier ministre tunisien a reconnu, mardi soir, la légitimité de la colère des Tunisiens, qui ont manifesté pour la sixième nuit consécutive, afin de réclamer « la chute du régime ».

In tonight’s edition: Lawyers for the Ugandan opposition leader who has been trapped at home surrounded by troops ever since he lost his election bid last week, file a court petition to try and bring his house arrest to an end. We speak to the Ugandan deputy ambassador to France about Bobi …

Lors de ses traditionnels vœux aux armées, mardi, à Brest, le président Emmanuel Macron a ouvert la voie à un ajustement de l’effort français au Sahel. Le chef de l’État n’a cependant pas donné plus de précisions. 

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday opened the door to withdrawing some troops from the Sahel region saying that Paris was able to adjust its operations after successes over against Islamist militants and the arrival of more European forces.

Près de 140 personnes ont péri en trois jours dans des affrontements entre tribus rivales au Darfour, au Soudan. Ce sont les violences les plus sanglantes depuis la signature en octobre d’un accord de paix entre le gouvernement et des groupes rebelles. 

Des centaines de personnes ont manifesté dans plusieurs villes de Tunisie, lundi, donnant parfois lieu à des heurts avec les forces de l’ordre, comme dans le quartier d’Ettadhamen, à Tunis.

The latest inter-ethnic violence to rock Sudan’s restive Darfur region had killed nearly 140 people by Monday, tribal leaders said just weeks after a peacekeeping mission ended operations.

Hundreds of youths clashed with police in cities across Tunisia late on Monday, throwing stones and gasoline bombs in the capital as security forces used tear gas and water cannons to try to quell the unrest.

Central African Republic’s highest court on Monday confirmed the re-election of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, rejecting rivals’ objections as the government fends off a rebel offensive. In a speech broadcast on national television on Monday evening, Touadéra called for national reconciliation.

In tonight’s edition Ugandan opposition leader Bobi wine says that he fears for his life since losing last week’s presidential election; He told France 24 on Monday that he and his wife are under house arrest and surrounded by the military.