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Egypt: Generosity brings people together in Egypt amid Ramadan’s soaring food pricesF

By Bahira Amin: In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity, with both donors and those in need pinning hopes on holiday generosity. Families have buckled under the weight of inflation, which hit 32.9 percent in...

More releases of kidnapped persons in Sahel may signal easing of conflict between West and insurgents to focus on Russian threatF

Photo: AQIM's Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi: Arezki's opinion:  It may be too early to conclude that there is an easing of tension between Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and France, in particular. But there are some tidbits of evidence that suggest a potential...

Niger secures release of kidnapped French journalist Olivier Dubois and American aid worker Jeffery WoodkeF

By Camille Laffont: A French journalist and a US aid worker who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel have been released, an AFP journalist saw Monday. French freelancer Olivier Dubois and American aid worker Jeffery Woodke emerged from a plane that landed at...

Sahel: Niger reports major offensive against Boko Haram near border with NigeriaF

Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them women and children, who had fled neighbouring Nigeria, official sources said. State TV channel Tele Sahel said late Tuesday that on March 7 aerial...

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