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Egypt: Dozens sentenced to death in Egypt over terror attacksF

Cairo, March 2, 2020 - (photo of Hisham Ashmawy) An Egyptian court Monday sentenced to death an ex-special forces officer turned Islamist militant and 36 other jihadists over several terror attacks, including an assassination bid on a former interior minister. The...

Sahel: Mali soldiers killed by rocket attack in MondoroF

Bamako, March 2, 2020 - Six Malian soldiers died and 10 were injured when militants armed with rocket launchers attacked a checkpoint in a central region of the conflict-torn nation, the army and a local official said Monday. The attack on Sunday night at Mondoro...

Libya: UN point men for Libya, Ghassan Salame, resignsF

Tripoli, March 2, 2020 (AFP) - The UN's envoy to war-plagued Libya, Ghassan Salame, on Monday announced his  resignation citing health reasons nearly three years after taking up the post. "I tried to unite the Libyans and restrain foreign interference... but for...

Sahel: France angry at Mali envoy over remarks on “rowdy behavior of French troops”F

Feb 27, 2020  - France on Thursday summoned Mali's ambassador after dismissing as "false" and "unacceptable" his claims of rowdy behaviour by French soldiers helping the West African nation combat an Islamic insurgency. Toumani Djime Diallo was summoned to the foreign...

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