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Bloody Sunday: The indiscriminate killing of Muslim and Catholic worshipers in Burkina Faso
Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque confirm the utter instability of the northern and eastern regions of the country. In Essakane-village, in the northeastern Burkina Faso, a terrorist...
SECURITY & DEFENSE
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s air raid targets civilians, injures children
Tripoli, Oct 7, 2019 - An air raid on riding stables near the Libyan capital Tripoli has wounded at least six people, including children, sparking condemnation from the United Nations and the unity government. An African worker was also among the six people wounded in...
Sahel: Prison uprising in Chad, one killed
N'Djamena, Oct 7, 2019 (AFP) - At least one inmate was killed and another 11 wounded on Monday in a prison uprising in eastern Chad before troops retook control, officials said. The uprising broke out in Abeche, the capital of Ouaddai province, where President Idriss...
Sahel: Mali president Boubacar Keita dismisses coup speculation
Bamako, Oct 6, 2019 - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday rejected as speculation talk of a military coup after recent jihadist attacks left dozens of soldiers dead near the border with Burkina Faso. Keita said lessons would be learned after 38 soldiers...
Egypt: Tension escalates with Ethiopia over Nile dam
Cairo, Oct 6, 2019 - Egypt has urged international mediation over what it called "deadlock" in talks in Sudan over a massive dam under construction on the Nile River, sparking fresh tensions with Ethiopia. Negotiations between the three countries have been at a...
Sahel: France wants to drag Europe into a conflict with no endgame
France has begun asking its European partners to send special forces to Mali and other Sahel nations in Africa, to shore up local forces who are being increasingly targeted by deadly jihadist attacks across the vast desert expanse. The idea is to improve on the basic...
Western Sahara: The forgotten conflict that is likely to perdure
United Nations, United States, Oct 3, 2019 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he hopes to maintain the political "momentum" to seek a solution to the Western Sahara conflict, despite having not had a special envoy to the region for the past four...
Algeria: Forced election will destabilize the Mediterranean region
By Arezki Daoud - 4 October 2019: The Algerian political crisis is in its 33rd week with no sign of any of the protagonists standing down. The standoff continues, with the military command intensifying its repression against members of civil society, while the Hirak...
Sahel: Intense fighting between insurgents and Mali army in Mopti
Oct 1, 2019 - A large contingent of Malian troops, backed by air support, fought Tuesday with jihadist fighters who made an incursion into a military camp in the country's fragile central region, sources said. Two military posts came under attack at dawn on Monday at...
Libya: US kills suspected IS insurgents in raid on Libya
The US military command for Africa announced Friday it killed 17 suspected Islamic State group jihadists in southern Libya, in the third such strike in a week. "At this time, it is assessed the airstrike killed 17 terrorists" on Thursday, Africom said in a statement....
Algeria: Military court sentences former political and intelligence chiefs after only a one-day trial
Algiers, Sept 25, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian military court has sentenced the brother of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika and three co-defendants to 15 years in prison, the state APS news agency reported on Wednesday. Said Bouteflika, widely seen as the real power...
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