Myanmar security services shot down seven drones over the military-built capital Naypyidaw on Thursday, the junta said, in what appeared to be a rare attack on the junta’s centre of power by its opponents. Issued on: 04/04/2024 – 11:49 2 min The military’s ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in 2021 sparked renewed fighting …
The army chiefs of military-ruled Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Wednesday announced the creation of a joint force to battle long-running jihadist rebellions raging in their countries. Issued on: 07/03/2024 – 05:09 1 min The new force “will be operational as soon as possible to take into account the security challenges in our space”, …
Chad’s transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby, who took power in 2021 after the death of his long-ruling father, on Saturday confirmed his candidacy for a long-awaited May 6 presidential vote. Issued on: 02/03/2024 – 12:19 1 min “I, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, am a candidate for the 2024 presidential election under the banner of the …
A leading opponent of Chad’s ruling junta chief has died in an army assault on his party headquarters ahead of a May election when he was set to be the main rival to his cousin and transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno. Issued on: 29/02/2024 – 15:48 2 min Yaya Dillo Djerou died on Wednesday …
Issued on: 16/02/2024 – 11:28Modified: 16/02/2024 – 11:32 Our reporter Constantin Simon managed to secretly enter Myanmar, where he filmed the fighting between the rebels and the ruling junta. He also followed a rebel commander. FRANCE 24 brings you his exclusive 25-minute report. Three years ago in Myanmar, on February 1, 2021, the military staged …
The announcement that Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso will withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) “without delay” has put an abrupt end to fractious talks on organising elections and reinstating civilian rule. With their emphasis on restoring “national sovereignty” and driving out terrorist groups, the three West African countries’ military governments …
France is planning to close its embassy in Niger for an indefinite period as it is unable to carry out diplomatic tasks due to restrictions imposed by the ruling junta, a French embassy letter to its Niger staff dated Tuesday and seen by Reuters on Thursday showed. Issued on: 21/12/2023 – 22:07 1 min Relations between Niger and France, its former …
Ethnic minority rebels fighting Myanmar’s military junta said they had seized a key trading post on the northern frontier, across the border from where China’s military was conducting exercises to improve combat readiness and emergency response. Issued on: 27/11/2023 – 11:55 2 min A month of intense fighting between Myanmar’s ruling military and an alliance …
Almost 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting in northern Myanmar after an alliance of ethnic armed groups launched an offensive against the military two weeks ago, the United Nations said Friday. Issued on: 10/11/2023 – 07:01 3 min Fighting has raged for two weeks across northern Shan state near the Chinese border, in what …
Gabon’s army said on Saturday that it would reopen the country’s borders, closed in the wake of the military coup that ousted ex-president Ali Bongo. Issued on: 02/09/2023 – 14:42 1 min A spokesman for Gabon’s military rulers said on state TV that they had “decided with immediate effect to reopen the land, sea and …