Tensions are flaring again in Libya, from deadly street battles in Tripoli’s suburbs to violent protests in Sabratha....
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Jihadist Expansion Threatens Coastal West Africa
The Sahel is confronting an intensifying insurgency that continues to evolve in scale and complexity. Armed groups...
Sahel: Russia Replaces Wagner in Mali Under Pressure from Algeria, Touaregs Brace
As Wagner withdraws from Mali, Russia is not stepping away, but it’s reshaping its presence there. Under quiet...
Sahel: French soldiers killed in Mali in helicopters’ collision during sweeping operation
Paris, Nov 26, 2019 (By Daphne Benoit and Jérôme Rivet) - Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when two...
Libya: Russia’s alleged involvement in Libya prompts US re-engagement
Since Donald Trump became President of the United States, North Africa and the African continent in general, have not...
Sahel: Counter-insurgency campaign intensifies in Burkina Faso
Egypt: Court sentences Libya’s Mohamed al-Mesmary to death over 2017 attack
Cairo, Nov 17, 2019 - An Egyptian military court sentenced a Libyan man to death and 32 other defendants to life over...
Libya: Europe urges release of kidnapped Libyan lawmaker
Tripoli, Nov 17, 2019 - Thirteen European diplomatic missions in Libya, including the EU delegation, demanded Sunday...
Sahel: Mali and French soldiers on the offensive in the Sahel
Bamako, Nov 11, 2019 - Mali is conducting a giant operation against jihadists in the country's troubled centre using...
Algeria: Regime commits more human rights abuses, prepares to militarize the state
By Arezki Daoud - 12 November 2019 - An Algerian court handed over one-year jail terms to 28 demonstrators for the...
Mali in a state of chaos
Libya: New reports of Russian mercenaries in Libya
Tension over Ethiopian dam on the Nile River
Ethiopia's construction of a massive power dam on the Blue Nile is raising tensions with Egypt, which depends on the...
Sahel: France claims it killed second most wanted Jihadi and member of GSIM
France on Tuesday announced the death of a top jihadist leader in Mali as it sought to reassure the West African...
Sahel: French Defense Minister admits crisis in Mali is “difficult,” wants more Europeans troops
France's defence minister said Tuesday she was "optimistic" European forces would step up to bolster the fight against...
Sahel: Massacre in Mali’s Menaka region
Sahel: Insurgents attack police station in Burkina Faso, kill officer
Tunisia: National security advisor to the president submits resignation after dismissal of Defense Minister
Tunisia: Wanted female insurgent captured by authorities in Kairouan
Morocco arrests seven suspected insurgents, says MEA Risk
Sahel: Five teachers released from kidnappers in Mali
Sahel: Togolese soldier dies of injuries from Mali attack
Egypt claims it killed more insurgents in North Sinai
Oct 29, 2019 - Egyptian security forces killed 13 suspected militants in a raid in the restive North Sinai, the...
Libya: After a two month-closure, Mitiga airport to reopen
Algeria: Turmoil within Algeria’s security services
The clan warfare pitting several senior and military leaders and their respective networks has affected deeply the...
Sahel: Southern Niger hurt by border closure with Nigeria
Libya: Warlord Haftar launches airstrike on Misrata, as rivalry between UAE and Turkey wrecks havoc on Libya
Tunisia: Army kills suspected militant in Kasserine
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s air raid targets civilians, injures children
Tripoli, Oct 7, 2019 - An air raid on riding stables near the Libyan capital Tripoli has wounded at least six people,...
Sahel: Prison uprising in Chad, one killed
N'Djamena, Oct 7, 2019 (AFP) - At least one inmate was killed and another 11 wounded on Monday in a prison uprising in...
Sahel: Mali president Boubacar Keita dismisses coup speculation
Bamako, Oct 6, 2019 - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday rejected as speculation talk of a military...
Egypt: Tension escalates with Ethiopia over Nile dam
Cairo, Oct 6, 2019 - Egypt has urged international mediation over what it called "deadlock" in talks in Sudan over a...
Sahel: France wants to drag Europe into a conflict with no endgame
France has begun asking its European partners to send special forces to Mali and other Sahel nations in Africa, to...
Western Sahara: The forgotten conflict that is likely to perdure
United Nations, United States, Oct 3, 2019 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he hopes to maintain the...
Algeria: Forced election will destabilize the Mediterranean region
By Arezki Daoud - 4 October 2019: The Algerian political crisis is in its 33rd week with no sign of any of the...
Sahel: Intense fighting between insurgents and Mali army in Mopti
Oct 1, 2019 - A large contingent of Malian troops, backed by air support, fought Tuesday with jihadist fighters who...
Libya: US kills suspected IS insurgents in raid on Libya
The US military command for Africa announced Friday it killed 17 suspected Islamic State group jihadists in southern...
Algeria: Military court sentences former political and intelligence chiefs after only a one-day trial
Algiers, Sept 25, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian military court has sentenced the brother of former president Abdelaziz...
Libya: Two killed in drone strike in Sirte, raid on Mitiga airport
Tripoli, Sept 16, 2019 - Drone strikes on Libya's coastal town of Sirte killed two pro-unity government fighters and...
Sahel: Chad in the grip of violence and inter-communal clashes
Chad's parliament on Tuesday extended by three months a state of emergency in three eastern regions hit by rebel...
Sahel: Security agents kidnapped in Mopti, Mali
Bamako, Sept 6, 2019 - Armed men abducted 22 members of a military unit comprising mainly Tuareg ex-rebels and former...
Sahel: Kidnappings intensify in southeast Niger
Niamey, Sept 5, 2019 - At least 66 civilians were kidnapped in July in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria...
