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Egypt Moves to Shore Up Somalia as Regional Alignments Shift in the Horn of Africa
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SECURITY & DEFENSE
Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore crows himself country’s president
Sahel: Concerned about Russia’s presence in the Sahel, US warns Burkina Faso’s new junta
Burkina Faso: As regime in Ouagadougou collapsed last week, terror attack claimed 37 lives up north
Morocco: Dozen alleged Jihadists arrested in Melilla and Nador
Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials said Tuesday. The operation led to the arrest of 11 people in raids on Tuesday morning: nine in the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Morocco's northern...
Burkina Faso: Deposed junta leader Colonel Damiba steps down, flees to Togo
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Burkina Faso's junta leader agreed to step down on Sunday, religious and community leaders said, two days after army officers announced his ouster in a coup that sparked internal unrest and international...
Libya: Another gruesome mass grave unearthed in city of Sirte
Sahel: Burkina Faso coup leader removed by another coup
Sahel: Regime in Chad abandons path to democracy, junta leader Deby seeks perpetual reign
Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaos
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso's presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP. The government said...
Tunisia: Hundreds of policemen protesting after colleagues were arrested for demanding right to unionize
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
Sahel: Central Mali riven by communal violence
Algeria: Soldier and insurgent killed in clash in Tafassour
Egypt: Dozens sentenced to death in Egypt over terror attacks
Sahel: Mali soldiers killed by rocket attack in Mondoro
Libya: Protagonists have no appetite for talk
Sahel: The African Union to the rescue
Sahel: With insurgents several steps ahead, Sahel leaders are disoriented
Sahel: French army says it killed some 50 insurgents in Mali’s Mopti region
Paris, Feb 21, 2020 - French soldiers "neutralised" around 50 in a series of operations in Mali this month, the army said Friday as it seeks to quell a years-long insurgency in the West African nation. The operations were carried out near Mopti in central Mali, where...
Sahel: Malian troops re-enter Timbuktu
Bamako, Feb 18, 2020 - A Malian army battalion comprising regulars and former rebels has entered the northern city of Timbuktu, the army said Tuesday, as part of a long-anticipated peace deal in the war-torn country. The move follows the return last week of similar...