• Niger/E.U: Brussels might back democracy in Niger

    The European Union, Niger’s main budget support contributor has hailed the launch of the transitional process in this country, two months after the military putsch that toppled President Mamadou Tandja, whose plans to remain in power had...

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  • DRC: No revision of the presidential term

    Last month, an inter-institutional committee had proposed to review the president mandate. According to their thinking, they had agreed on the need to amend certain provisions of the Constitution and electoral law in order, they contend, to...

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  • A.M.U: Business – Another way for alliance

    An unprecedented event: a dozen Ministers of Economy, Investment, Industry and Commerce of the five Arab Maghreb Union countries (AMU) would meet on 10 and 11 May in Tunis. Nearly a thousand of North African businessmen will...

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  • Madagascar: one more foiled attempted coup

    Colonel Rene Lilison – Special Operation Forces (FIS) announced that a coup had been foiled in Madagascar on Sunday. Sixteen soldiers and civilians were arrested. Their plan was to attack the Prime Minister’s Office on the night...

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  • First Nuclear Summit: According to Barack Obama

    “The Osama bin Laden terrorist group is trying to obtain nuclear weapons and is ready to use it”. But experts remain cautious about the likelihood of such attack. The U.S. Secretary of State, Mrs. Hillary Clinton, announced...

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  • Morocco / Spain: Security in the Mediterranean basin

    The Joint Moroccan-Spanish military Committee has ended on Thursday in Madrid after three days of consultations focusing on the illegal immigration and organized crime.The Spanish official statement, in Madrid, has paid tribute to the Moroccan action against...

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  • Civil Aviation: the blacklist – environment or Tariff barrier?

    The European Commission has updated the list of banned airliners in the European Union sky. All airlines from 17 countries are in the blacklist: Angola, Benin, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Gabon (with the exception of...

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  • New York/Kinshasa: Controversy – MONUC refuses to leave

    The head of MONUC, Alan Doss has submitted its report to the Security Council, which is summarized in these words: “No way to get away» but rather a “responsible withdrawal”. In other words, the UN and MONUC...

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  • Chad/Sudan: Re-opening Land Border

    Located 34 km from El Geneina (Sudan), Adré (Chad) was the gateway to Chad of goods from Sudan in 2003 before the outbreak of war in Darfur. This city (Adré) provided enough revenue taxes to the local...

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  • 5 + 5: Another way of communication

    Tunisia will host the 8th meeting of Foreign Ministers of the countries of the Mediterranean 5+5 Tunisia will host on Thursday the 8th meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Western Mediterranean countries (5+5 group). The 10 countries...

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