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Flashpoints: How Emirati and Qatari Competition Is Redrawing the Red Sea Map
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Nigeria Adjusts Airstrike Strategy Under Expanded U.S. Security Cooperation
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Algeria sacks General Mohamed Kaidi, head of the military Employment & Preparedness department, signals continued instability in military leadership
In a surprise move, General Mohamed Kaidi, the head of one of the most strategic departments in Algeria's defense...
Libya: France wants elections in December in Libya, to host talks this week
Western Sahara: Tension in the Maghreb increases after killing of three Algerian truckers in contested region
Sahel: Jihadists strike in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Sahel: Chad rebels claim they want political solution and dialogue with military junta
Central African Republic’s presidential guards fire on Egyptian soldiers, wound 10
Elusive peace: Libyan militias damage only functioning oil refinery during violent clash
Libya's only operational oil refinery was "severely" damaged after gunmen battled for three hours around the complex,...
Egypt: Sisi uses Facebook to announce lifting of state of emergency
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday announced the lifting of the state of emergency in place since...
Lebanon: Deadly clashes in Beyrout after rally against port blast judge
Inside West Africa’s drug trade
Sahel: Niger opens first military school in Niamey
Algeria: IED explosion kills border guard during patrol mission in Tlemcen province
Sahel: UN and NATO mulling over support to Sahelian armies in combating militant groups
Sahel: IED kills 16 soldiers between Koro et Bandiagara in Mali
Libya: Pro-election youth leader Imad al-Harathi kidnapped
A Libyan youth leader was abducted by unidentified gunmen after calling for demonstrations in support of scheduled...
European court rejects Morocco-EU trade deals involving Western Sahara territory
Reactions The Polisario, which seeks independence in the Western Sahara, welcomed a ruling Wednesday by the U's top...
Sahel: Russia’s entry into the Sahel raises concern in the region
Chad's foreign minister warned against outside interference on Thursday, referencing Russian paramilitaries operating...
Algeria closes airspace to all Moroccan planes
By Abdellah Cheballa: Algeria said Wednesday it has closed its airspace to all Moroccan planes due to "provocations...
Libya: Rival forces agree to protect water network
The United Nations on Thursday welcomed the creation of a joint security force from rival sides in Libya to secure the...
Libya: Water supply to west and south Libya cut because of political terrorism
Egypt army says 13 jihadists killed in Sinai
Sahel: Violence in the Sahel continues to escalate with no end in sight
Egypt: Intense violence in North Sinai
Sahel: Another attack in SW Niger at border with Burkina Faso
Niger: 18 civilian killed in terror attack in Banibangou
Tunisia: Three political parties under investigation over alleged foreign funding
Libya: Militia gang leader Mohammed al-Kani gunned down
Sahel: Insurgency is destabilizing Burkina Faso, with mass population displacement
Record numbers of people in Burkina Faso have become internally displaced or fled abroad as a result of jihadist...
Sahel: French troops kill two ISGS regional leaders in Mali
Morocco grapples with the Pegasus spyware problem
Middle East: Carnage in Baghdad with dozens killed in suicide attack ahead of Eid
By Salam Faraj: Iraq was in mourning Tuesday for dozens of people killed when a bomb ripped through a crowded Baghdad...
Sahel: French warplane crashes in central Mali
A French Mirage warplane crashed in an uninhabited area of central Mali on Tuesday after suffering a technical...
Sahel: Failed assassination attempt on Mali’s interim president
Assimi Goita’s Profile By Amaury Hauchard with Laurent Lozano in Dakar An enigmatic special forces commander, Mali's...
Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasse
The UN envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, on Thursday warned of an impasse in the political, security and budgetary plans for...
Catholic hostages freed in Mali
A Malian priest -- the last of a group of five Catholics kidnapped in mid-June -- has been freed, church and...
Burkina Faso: Attack on Niha-Mossi village leaves 10 dead
Niger: Civilians, soldiers and armed attackers killed in Tillaberi clash
Sahel: Despite announcing troop drawdown plan, France insists it will not leave the Sahel
Libya: Russia and Turkey signaling willingness to pull tiny number of their mercenaries from Libya
