After Mali and Mauritania, Sergei Lavrov arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday where he is to stay two days.
On the program of meetings with the authorities and in particular his counterpart Ali Al-Sadig, minister appointed by the junta at the head of the country.
The two men must officially discuss commercial exchanges, but there is no doubt that the Russian minister is actually coming to support the military in power and to try to enlarge Moscow's zone of influence.
From Nairobi, Bastien Renouil tells us more.
New episode of tension between Algiers and Paris.
Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultation.
The Algerian authorities accuse diplomats of having carried out the clandestine and illegal exfiltration of Amira Bouraoui, a Franco-Algerian activist who was banned from leaving the national territory.
This case revealed thanks to an investigation by the editorial staff of France 24 Observers: it concerns an Ivorian mercenary recently highlighted by the propaganda of the paramilitary group Wagner.
From Yopougon, where he was a bus driver, to Russian prisons and the Ukrainian front: this investigation by Lise Kiennemann retraces his journey.
Editor: Célia Caracena
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