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Tunisia arrests opposition leader Ghannouchi, shuts offices of Ennahdha partyF

Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after arresting its leader Rached Ghannouchi, a senior party official said. [Read Ghannouchi's profile here]    "A police unit showed up at the party's main...
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Rwanda promises help to Benin in fighting terrorismF

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met Saturday with his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon, promising military support to help the country contain spillover from jihadist conflict across its northern border with Burkina Faso. West Africa coastal nations Benin, Togo, Ghana...
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Sahel: Crisis in Sudan forces Chad to close borderF

Chad's government announced Saturday it was closing its border with Sudan after battles erupted between rival military factions in the neighbouring country. Sudan's army carried out airstrikes against the bases of a paramilitary force, as weeks of tensions between two...
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Sahel: Clashes between Niger army and Boko Haram continue along border with NigeriaF

Niger's army said its troops had killed around 20 jihadists and arrested 83 others in an operation against militants on its southeastern border with Nigeria. Troops supported by air power attacked jihadists who have been using Matari forest in Nigeria as a rear base...
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