Russia, Bamako’s ally, vetoed on Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution extending sanctions against Malians threatening peace in the country, which the Malian junta was demanding be lifted. The resolution which planned to extend for one year the sanctions regime put in place in 2017 against individuals endangering the 2015 …
Read More »Coup in Gabon: a French opponent accuses Macron of having “compromised” France
French opponent Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused President Emmanuel Macron this Wednesday of having “once again compromised France in supporting the unbearable to the end”, with his support for Gabonese President Ali Bongo. His comments come after the overthrown of President Ali Bongo, in power for 14 years. “Now, Gabon has only …
Read More »Antonio Guterres concerned about Zimbabwe elections
UN Secretary General António Guterres has expressed concern over the arrest of Zimbabwe election observers amid “reports of voter intimidation, threats of violence, harassment and coercion”. He has called on political leaders and their supporters to reject all forms of violence and respect human rights and the rule of law. …
Read More »Vladimir Putin reacts after death of Wagner boss Prigojine
Vladimir Putin sent his condolences on Thursday to the ten victims of the plane crash which linked Moscow and Saint Petersburg on Wednesday and whose passenger list included the name of Yevgeny Prigojine, boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. The Russian president thus saluted the memory of a “talented …
Read More »Telegram channels linked to Wagner confirm Prigojine’s death
Several Telegram channels linked to Wagner group have confirmed the death of Evguéni Prigojine, co-founder of the paramilitary group, while his body has not been officially identified at the crash site. “Head of the Wagner Group, Hero of Russia, true patriot of his homeland, Yevgeny Prigojine, died as a result …
Read More »At least 33 dead in Russian gas station fire
At least 33 people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion and fire at a gas station in Dagestan, a Russian republic in the Caucasus, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the Russian Situations Ministry. emergency. “A total of 102 people were injured as a …
Read More »Covid-19 back in Europe with a new variant
Emergency room visits for suspected Covid-19 are on the rise among children under 2 and adults for the week of July 31 to August 6 in France, according to data from the Oscour network (Organization for Coordinated Emergency Surveillance). In its bulletin published on Tuesday, the network reports a 56% …
Read More »At least 13,000 evacuated after World War II bomb found
Around 13,000 people have been called to temporarily leave their homes in a district of Düsseldorf, in western Germany, after the discovery of an American bomb dating from the Second World War, the city’s firefighters said. The American bomb which weighs one ton must be defused overnight from Monday to …
Read More »French lawyer Juan Branco will be deported to France after being charged in Senegal
Franco-Spanish lawyer Juan Branco, charged and imprisoned this Sunday in Dakar, was placed under judicial supervision on Monday and is in the process of being deported to France, said one of his lawyers and a senior official at the Senegalese Justice ministry. Juan Branco, who came to Senegal to take …
Read More »Denmark to limit burnings and desecrations of the Koran
The Danish government announced on Sunday that it wanted to limit possible new demonstrations planning desecrations of the Koran, which have fueled tensions with the Muslim world, highlighting the security problems they imply. Several recent demonstrations in Sweden or Denmark involving burnings or other desecrations of the Muslim holy book …
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