Nigeria facing 'multiplicity of security challenges': Communal clashes, separatists, insurgencies
非洲 • 2025年11月5日 下午6:45
1 min de lecture
The Nigerian government said it does not tolerate religious persecution, responding to US President Donald Trump's threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians by jihadists in the country. Trump said on social media that he had asked the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack in Africa's most populous nation because radical Islamists are "killing the Christians and killing them in very large numbers". But Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar insisted that the country's constitution did not allow religious persecution, in the first comment by a senior Nigerian government official following Trump's weekend threats. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, François Picard welcomes Najim Animashaun, Nonresident Research Fellow at the African Policy Research Institute.
Satellite image of livestock in Sudan misinterpreted as mass graves
非洲 • 下午9:45
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Following reported mass killings late October by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the beseiged city of El Fasher, internet users shared a screenshot from Google Earth purporting to show the site of a massacre. But according to satellite image ana
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Sudan: RSF agree to truce proposal as new satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in El-Fasher
非洲 • 下午9:28
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been at war with the regular army for more than two years, have announced that they have agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. Meanwhile, Yale researchers released a re
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Cameroon: World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term
非洲 • 下午3:51
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Cameroon’s Paul Biya has been sworn in for his eighth consecutive term after winning last month’s presidential election. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, the other presidential candidate, maintains that he was the rightful winner of the poll and has accused the aut
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El-Fasher: 'The final battle of the Darfur Genocide that began in 2003'
非洲 • 下午3:30
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Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the regular army for more than two years, announced on Thursday that they had agreed to a proposal for a humanitarian truce put forward by mediators. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, E
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Sudan's RSF paramilitary group agrees to US-backed proposal for humanitarian truce
非洲 • 下午3:21
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Sudan's Rapid Support Force, a paramilitary group that has been at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, said Thursday it had agreed to a humanitarian truce that was proposed by a US-led mediator group known as the Quad. Sudan's army-aligned
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China and South Africa deepen trade ties with new export deal
非洲 • 上午10:33
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As the US raises tariffs on African nations, they are looking for new markets - and one relationship in particular is developing with China. In South Africa, a new trade deal is expected to relieve farmers after US-South African free trade deal expired e
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