This is not the first attack from which the president of the transition has escaped. He already knows that it will not be the last. In a few moments, on 20 July 2021, the assailant was overpowered, and the Malian leader’s personal security team cordoned off the area around the great mosque. “May God give him …
[The Africa Report] Mali: Who really is Assimi Goïta, the man who said ‘No’ to France? Read More »
Unidentified heavily armed gunmen attacked the government palace while President Embaló was meeting Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam inside, according to reports from the ground. A security source who did not want to be identified told the BBC that gunmen in civilian clothes had opened fire and a police officer had been killed. Read more …
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Engaging Borders Africa, a project of STRADA Initiative with funding from the Open Society in West Africa (OSIWA), aims to gather a wide range of expertise cutting across African literature, security studies, academia, film, as well as the civic space, all with the shared aim of changing the ways young people understand radicalization, violent extremism, …
Announcing the Finalists: Engaging Borders Africa Short Stories Read More »
Êtes-vous un Africain qui a connu l’extrémisme violent ou le discours de haine ? Êtes-vous un écrivain avec une histoire traitant de ce sujet et de problèmes connexes ? Ceci est pour vous.
Are you an African who has experienced violent extremism or hate speech? Are you a writer with a story dealing with this and related issues? This is for you. Engaging Borders Africa is a project of STRADA Development Initiative designed to enhance social inclusion by generating and popularizing organic counternarratives to violent extremist thinking and …
Engaging Borders Africa Calls for Submission of 250-word Stories Read More »
