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Libya/Tunisia: Syrian fighters seize facility of Chinese industrial company near Tunisia bordersF

Sahel: Somber assessment about Burkina Faso’s stability, say MEA Risk LLCF

Advisory firm MEA Risk LLC released a brief to its client suggesting that the instability in Burkina Faso and neighboring countries will likely escalate going forward. The audio portion of the brief is posted above. The MEA Risk note says Burkina Faso is a complex...

Libya: UN panel says no trace of Sudanese RSF mercenaries in LibyaF

United Nations, United States, Jan 20, 2020 - A United Nations panel said Monday it had no "credible evidence" of Sudanese paramilitaries fighting in conflict-wracked Libya for military strongman Khalifa Haftar as alleged by some media outlets. Several Libyan and...

Sahel: Insecurity forces Niger to halt voter registration in troubled regionsF

Niamey, Jan 21, 2020 - Niger's election commission said Tuesday it had suspended a voter registration drive in a western border region buffeted by jihadist insurgents. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said because of security circumstances in the...

Security crisis dominates campaigning for Burkina Faso’s presidential electionF

Security crisis dominates campaigning for Burkina Faso’s presidential electionF

Nov 20, 2020

Burkina Faso will vote in a general election Sunday in the shadow of a growing jihadist insurgency, with President...

Morocco and Polisario face off in the Western Sahara, exchange fireF

Morocco and Polisario face off in the Western Sahara, exchange fireF

Nov 16, 2020

Morocco's army has responded to fire by the Polisario Front along the UN-patrolled buffer zone in Western Sahara, said...

German prosecutors charge man with spying for EgyptF

German prosecutors charge man with spying for EgyptF

Nov 16, 2020

A man who worked in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's press office has been charged with spying for Egypt, prosecutors...

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