A Ish News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Russian president lit a candle at a church at his residence outside Moscow on Sunday evening to honour those who died

The latest captain to run the country wants militias, censorship and army discipline to save the nation from the jihadists, and he doesn’t want help, Military junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré is setting out his programme for victory in the war against militant jihadists, who have taken 40% of the country, killed thousands and caused 2.5 million to flee. The jihadists are also using the country as a springboard for attacks on Burkina Faso's neighbours, most recently Togo and Benin.

Nairobi has assembled regional states to fight Congolese armed groups, but they include the very countries the groups depend on for aid, An agreement by regional governments to form a joint military force to deploy against armed groups in Congo-Kinshasa looks like a diplomatic masterstroke by Kenya, which is coordinating the move. After a period of relative quiet, the tempo of insurgent activity, from gold-mine-controlling thugs to Islamist militias, has prompted action from the authorities in Kinshasa and regional capitals. But there are huge in-built risks of failure, warn experts familiar w...

Shorn of political alternatives and determined to remain in power, the junta is falling back on Islamists of all stripes to shore up the regime, Six months after the Sudanese military seized power again, a new reality is taking shape for the junta. Whether it was always part of the military's aims, or simply a consequence of events, Islamists – and not just members of the formerly ruling National Congress Party (NCP) – are being restored to their privileges and taking important government jobs.

Pierre-Henri Damiba's military regime is managing the politics better than its war against the insurgents, Of the three military regimes in West Africa under pressure to hand over to civilians, Burkina Faso's junta led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is proving the most adept at navigating national and regional politics.