Two LAVs destroyed in one week and five French soldiers killed, another injured … light armored vehicle French units deployed in the Sahel constitute one of the prime targets of armed terrorist groups. While avoiding direct impact with the tricolor units, the jihadists try to limit the capacity for action and slow down the activity … Read more
A U.S. government advisory board on Thursday recommended emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the novel coronavirus. This means Americans could start getting vaccinated as early as this weekend. This Wednesday the country recorded more than 3,100 deaths in a single day, a peak since the start of the pandemic. Patsy Widakuswara, VOA White … Read more
The city of New York adopted on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday an annual budget reducing the funds allocated to its police services, illustration of the impact of anti-racist demonstrations even if the measure has been criticized from all sides. – The budget of the first American metropolis for the fiscal year 2021, which … Read more
KINSHASA — In the opinion of experts, awareness around the fight against HIV / AIDS is overdue in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, while this pandemic continues to wreak havoc in silence. “For this year 2020 with the Covid-19 pandemic, we tend to forget a little about HIV, while it continues to be the major concern”, … Read more
The Netherlands will send extra soldiers to Iraq and Mali next year, Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced on Friday after the weekly Council of Ministers. In total it concerns a few hundred soldiers. In Iraq, the Netherlands has long been part of the coalition against the Islamic State (IS). The Dutch training missions have recently … Read more
Visitors from 35 states with a sharp resurgence of the epidemic, such as the highly populated states of Florida and Texas, are currently subject to a two-week quarantine upon arrival in New York. In order to try to better enforce this measure, the mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the police would install “check-in points … Read more
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia – PT Industri Train (Persero) or INKA going to build the project upgarding railway lines (KA) connecting the two countries at Africa West, Mali and Senegal with a total line length of 1,023 kilometers. INKA President Director Budi Noviantoro explained that his party had visited Senegal and discussed with a company in … Read more
Armed groups in Mali have released former opposition leader Soumaila Cisse, a French aid worker who has been detained for four years and two Italian hostages. The Malian government is said to have released about a hundred jihadists in return. – The Malian authorities announced on Thursday evening that Sophie Pétronin was free again. The … Read more
08 october 2020 23u50 Source: Belga AFP Sophie Pétronin. – A French aid worker, who was kidnapped almost four years ago in Mali, West Africa, is free. The Malian authorities have announced this. Sophie Pétronin (75) was kidnapped by jihadists in 2016. A prominent member of the Malian opposition, Soumaila Cisse, and two Italian hostages … Read more
The priest Pier Luigi Maccalli, kidnapped in Niger in 2018, and Nicola Chiacchio were released in Mali. Father Maccalli, from the diocese of Crema, was kidnapped on 17 September 2018 in Niger, on a mission about 150 km from the capital Niamey. The two compatriots are returning to Italy. In April Avvenire had published a … Read more