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Sahel: Three Sahel States Join Forces in Northern Mali Offensive
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SECURITY & DEFENSE
Libya: UN decries lack of progress in withdrawal of mercenaries from Libya
Sahel: Jihadists in Mali resorting in gruesome practice of amputating hands and feet of suspected thieves
UN peacekeepers in Mali on Thursday offered to help bring to justice jihadists behind the amputation of suspected thieves' hands and feet, an apparent revival of a practice that had all but vanished. Speaking on condition of anonymity, local sources in Tin-Hama in...
Sahel: No break during the Eid holiday: Five villagers killed in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Libya warns Italy over illegal fishing after incident with Italian trawlers
Sahel: Chad military junta said it defeated FACT insurgents
Libya: Armed men stage show of force at presidential council HQ
Dozens of armed men staged a show of force late Friday at a hotel used as a headquarters by Libya's presidential council as the nation's deep divisions resurface. The country was plunged into chaos after longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi was ousted and killed in a...
Sahel: French journalist Olivier Dubois kidnapped in Mali
By Serge Daniel, Amaury Hauchard in N'Djamena - Missing French journalist Olivier Dubois says he has been kidnapped in Mali by a jihadist group with links to Al-Qaeda, according to a video circulating on social media on Wednesday. Here is what we know about the latest...
Sahel: More bloodshed in Niger as new attack in Banibangou claims 15 soldiers
Niger's government said Wednesday that 15 of its soldiers were killed in a "terrorist attack" near the border with Mali, bringing to 31 the number of troops killed in four days. Niger's defence ministry said "heavily armed men" had attacked troops serving under the...
Chad military junta says counterinsurgency campaign is working, rules out dialogue
Egypt worsens its foreign debt to buy more French fighter jets
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
Libya: Building of lawmakers opposing warlord Haftar hit by rocket
Libya: Death toll in battle for Tripoli exceeds 500, no break for civilians in Ramadan
Libya: Four kidnapped foreign workers in Libya released
France’s Total to get Anadarko Africa’s assets: What are the challenges ahead?
The takeover of Anadarko by Occidental paves the way for France's Total to acquire Anadarko assets and projects in Africa. A MEA Risk analysis says from afar, this looks like a good deal as all the projects in these countries have tremendous upsides. But it also...
Sahel: Death toll in ambush on Niger soldiers increases to 28
Libya: How Tripoli residents cope with Haftar’s incessant attacks
Egypt: War rages in northeast Egypt, 52 killed in latest clash
Libya: Haftar follows Sarraj’s path, visits European leaders
Sahel: Another ambush in Niger claims at least 17 soldiers
May 15, 2019 - Gunmen killed 17 Niger soldiers in an ambush near the border with Mali, a security source said Wednesday, adding 11 were still missing a day later. The attack occurred Tuesday near the village of Tongo Tongo in the western Tillaberi region where four US...