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Sahel: Foreign Workers Targeted in New Mali Kidnappings
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SECURITY & DEFENSE
Egypt: Sisi uses Facebook to announce lifting of state of emergency
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday announced the lifting of the state of emergency in place since deadly jihadist attacks on Coptic Christian churches more than four years ago. The North African country has been under a state of emergency since April...
Lebanon: Deadly clashes in Beyrout after rally against port blast judge
Inside West Africa’s drug trade
Sahel: Niger opens first military school in Niamey
Algeria: IED explosion kills border guard during patrol mission in Tlemcen province
Sahel: UN and NATO mulling over support to Sahelian armies in combating militant groups
Sahel: IED kills 16 soldiers between Koro et Bandiagara in Mali
Libya: Pro-election youth leader Imad al-Harathi kidnapped
A Libyan youth leader was abducted by unidentified gunmen after calling for demonstrations in support of scheduled December elections, the UN said, voicing concern for his safety. Imad al-Harathi, head of the North African country's National Youth League, "was...
European court rejects Morocco-EU trade deals involving Western Sahara territory
Reactions The Polisario, which seeks independence in the Western Sahara, welcomed a ruling Wednesday by the U's top court cancelling trade deals that allow Morocco to export goods from the territory. "The European court has decided to annul the partnership and fishing...
Sahel: Russia’s entry into the Sahel raises concern in the region
Chad's foreign minister warned against outside interference on Thursday, referencing Russian paramilitaries operating in neighboring countries. Cherif Mahamat Zene said "external interference, wherever it comes from, poses a very serious problem for the stability and...
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
Sahel: Foreign troops wounded in attack on military base in Mali
Egypt: Islamic State beheads four civilians in North Sinai
Cairo, July 17, 2019 - On Wednesday, 17 July, Islamic State militants beheaded four civilians in Sheikh Zuweid, in town in Egypt's North Sinai after they allegedly collaborated with the Egyptian military. In online statements, the Islamic State group claimed...
Sahel: Soldiers ambushed in NE Mali
Morocco: Killers of European tourists get death sentence
Tunisia: Islamic State Group issues new threat against Tunisia
Egypt: Suicide bomb attack claims two lives in Sheikh Zuweid
Libya: The backers of warlord Khalifa Haftar are calling for halt of fighting
Sahel: The bizarre idea of the International Crisis Group to solve the security crisis in Mali
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: The highly respected International Crisis Group (ICG) has proposed to Mali the controversial idea of engaging in negotiations between the government in Bamako and the insurgent groups. ICG advised Bamako to engage into negotiations with...
Morocco: Judges under intense pressure to issue death penalty to killers of European tourists
Salé, Morocco, July 11, 2019 - The mother of a Danish student beheaded along with another Scandinavian woman while hiking in Morocco's High Atlas mountains called Thursday for the suspected jihadist killers to face the death penalty as their trial neared its end. "The...
Libya: Car bomb at a Benghazi funeral claims three lives
Benghazi, Libya, July 11, 2019 - A car bomb exploded during the funeral of an ex-army commander in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 15, a hospital said. A security official said the attack, the first in over a year in...