(COVID-19) Le Mali déclare l’état d’urgence sanitaire et instaure un couvre-feu
Mali: Communiqué de presse – La MINUSMA préoccupée par l’enlèvement de Soumaïla Cissé
Bamako, le 26 mars 2020 – La MINUSMA est préoccupée par l’enlèvement, lors d’une embuscade, du chef de file de l’opposition malienne, l’honorable Soumaïla Cissé, ainsi que celle d’une partie de sa délégation en campagne
Libya
Fighting around Tripoli between Haftar-led forces and those aligned with the Tripoli-based government intensified as international calls for a humanitarian truce to allow Libyan authorities to enact measures to contain COVID-19 went unheeded. Crisis Group
Boko Haram: Troops destroy terrorists’ hideout in Borno
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said Nigerian troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), destroyed the hideout of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an air strike at Muktu in Northern Borno.
Saudi Arabia destroys Houthi drones launched from Yemen
Cairo: Saudi-Led coalition intercepted and destroyed drones launched by Iran-aligned Yemen’s Houthis towards “civilian targets” in Saudi cities of Abha and Khamis Mushait, state news agency SPA said early Friday, citing the coalition spokesman Colonel
Iran-backed Houthis offer to free Saudis in exchange for Hamas members
The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday declared his willingness to free several Saudi captives in exchange for the release of Hamas members recently detained in the kingdom, an unprecedented statement that signaled Iran’s
Somalia suicide bomber detonates in tea shop, killing 2
A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber has walked into a tea shop in Somalia’s capital and detonated, killing at least two people.
Boko Haram Insurgents Kill 139 Chadian, Nigerian Troops
Boko Haram Islamist militants operating in Africa’s Lake Chad region killed 92 Chadian soldiers and 47 Nigerian troops in separate attacks on the same day, dealing a blow to a multinational effort to defeat their
Tripoli Officials Say Clashes Escalating Over Libyan Capital
Clashes between rival Libyan forces for control of the capital escalated Wednesday as militias allied with the U.N.-supported government launched an offensive against a military base held by their rivals, officials said.
Yemen war: Five years on, rebels stronger than ever
Five years after Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen’s civil war, leading a military coalition to prop up the government which had been driven out of its capital, the Huthi rebels are only stronger, more resilient