Another break from Françafrique: Burkina Faso suspends participation in francophone judicial body
The severing of ties to the France-led judicial council, announced on December 15 as part of Burkina Faso’s broader break from Françafrique.
Propped up by foreign troops, Benin’s regime targets opposition
More than a week after a military intervention restored the president to power after a rebellion in the Beninese military, foreign troops continue to prop up Patrice Talon as his regime unleashes a crackdown on domestic political opponents.
In the wake of Trump’s “peace deal”, 200,000 displaced due to escalated M23 attacks on DRC
Only a day after signing the peace deal with DRC in Washington, Rwanda aided the offensive by its proxy militia, the M23, which has now entered a strategic city where the Southern Kivu province’s administration is located.
Foreign troops restore France-backed Talon regime in Benin following coup attempt
After restoring the France-backed regime of Patrice Talon following a coup, foreign troops have remained in Benin, maintaining control over the Presidential residence and several key government buildings.
Election results withheld after “staged” coup in Guinea-Bissau; opposition cries foul
Guinea-Bissau’s election commission has claimed inability to announce election results after soldiers siege ballots and destroy servers holding the voting data after a coup allegedly staged by the outgoing president. Opposition parties accuse the commission of collaboration.
Sudan’s RSF expands control eastward after taking over Darfur
Deploying more troops freed up from Darfur after the fall of El Fasher, the paramilitary RSF had since intensified attacks on Babanusa, stronghold of the army whose HQ of the 22nd Infantry Division was overrun on December 1.
Guinea-Bissau: A coup staged to protect the neocolonial order?
Claiming to be under arrest, President Embaló has left the country while his opponents remain in custody after a military coup a day ahead of the announcement of the final results
On the road: an unprecedented cross-country journey by Niger’s president amid a neo-colonial proxy war
Amid the Western portrayal of Niger as a failed state reeling under attacks by terrorists after expelling the French troops, President Tchiani traveled on road in an unprecedented journey across the country’s seven regions, in an act of defiance as well as reassurance.