Brussels 06.09.2021 Colonel Mamady Doumbouya is regarded as the new leader in charge of Guinea after he headed a unit of elite soldiers seizing power on Sunday, September 5. Je condamne la prise de pouvoir par la force en #Guinée et appelle à la libération immédiate du président Alpha Condé. J’invite tous les acteurs à…
Category: Africa
ZAMBIA: EU congratulates Hakainde Hichilema
Brussels 16.08.2021 The European Union welcomes the announcement of results by the Electoral Commission of Zambia and congratulates President-elect Hakainde Hichilema. We look forward to working with the new President and his government, as well as with the newly elected members of the National Assembly, to strengthen our long and productive partnership with Zambia. As…
Ethiopia fighting causes France concern
Brussels 02.08.2021 Brussels 02.08.2021 On 31 July 2021, the President of the Republic, Mr Emmanuel Macron, spoke with the Prime Minister of Sudan, Mr Abdalla Hamdok, and then with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr Abiy Ahmed. These conversations were an opportunity to highlight France’s concern about the increasing fighting in the north of Ethiopia…
South Africa epic looting
Brussels 13.07.2021 In South Africa’s most populous province of Gauteng, which includes the largest city, Johannesburg, at least six people had died, officials announced early on Tuesday, July 13. Another 10 bodies were discovered in the aftermath of the looting spree in the Johannesburg township of Soweto. #Looting spree continues in #KZNViolence #durbanriots | Part…
South Africa: 30 deaths among looters
Brussels 13.07.2021 Protesters clashed with security forces in several areas of South Africa and looters ransacked shopping malls on Tuesday, July 30, as frustrations over poverty and inequality boiled over in to the country’s worst unrest in years, with the death toll rising to more than 30. (Image above: social networks). Tensions are growing as…
Ethiopia: EU condemns MSF killing
Brussels 26.06.2021 “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the killing of three staff members of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Tigray today, outside Abiy Addi, while delivering aid to those needing it most. We offer our deepest condolences to their loved ones” reads the statement of Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner…
Ethiopia voting in key elections
Brussels 21.06.2021 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (pictured) is facing his first real test at the ballot in what is Ethiopia’s first multi-party election in 16 years, albeit one riven with conflict, jailed opposition figures and parts of the country unable to vote. 🇪🇹 #EthiopiaElection2021 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hopes to secure a popular mandate, but…
Mali: france ends Barkhane operation
Brussels 10.06.2021 At a press conference, Emmanuel Macron announced this Thursday, June 10, afternoon, June 10, the end of the anti-jihadist military operation Barkhane in the Sahel, at least in its current form.(Image: illustration) 🔴 Emmanuel Macron annonce la fin de l’opération Barkhane au Sahel, où sont déployés 5100 soldats français pour lutter contre le…
CAR: France suspends Military cooperation
Paris suspended its military cooperation and budgetary aid to the Central African government, terming the Central African Republic (CAR) “complicit” in an anti-French campaign. (Image: illustration) #CAR🇨🇫 | The Security Council ➡️ condemns human rights violations & violations of international humanitarian law ➡️ reiterates that attacks against @UN_CAR may constitute war crimes➡️ welcomes commitment of…
BANGUI: AU denies press reports allegations
Brussels 09.06.2021 The representative of the African Union denied information that a joint delegation of the AU, the European Union and the Economic Community of Central African Countries (ECCAS) came to the Central African Republic to persuade the head of state to start negotiations with the militants. Good exchange of the AU-ECCAS-UN-EU delegation with leaders…
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