The U.N. Security Council voted Thursday to prevent the sale or shipment to Somalia of components of improvised explosive devices if there is “significant risk” they may be used to manufacture the often deadly devices
Nigeria: 160 Journalists Attacked in Nigeria in Last Two Years – Report
The report shows that the North-Central zone witnessed the highest number of attacks. About 160 journalists were attacked in Nigeria in the last two years, a report by the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism
Tensions flare in Western Sahara as pro-independents Polisario accuse Morocco of ending ceasefire
The pro-independence Polisario Front declared a three-decade-old ceasefire in disputed Western Sahara was over on Friday after Morocco launched an operation to reopen the road to neighbouring Mauritania. Rabat said its troops would “put a
France says it has killed senior al Qaeda operative in Mali
French forces have killed Bah ag Moussa, a military leader of al Qaeda’s North Africa wing, during an operation in northeastern Mali, Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly said on Friday. The former Malian army colonel,
Saudi will strike those who threaten its security, crown prince warns
Saudi Arabia will strike those who threaten the kingdom’s security and stability with an “iron fist”, the crown prince said on Thursday, one day after an attack on a Remembrance Day ceremony injured two in
Warring Libya sides to open main road, implement truce, U.N. says
Libya’s warring sides will immediately reopen the main coastal road connecting the vast country’s east and west across front lines, the United Nations said on Thursday, as part of a ceasefire deal agreed last month.
Peacekeeping force says 7 killed in Egypt helicopter crash
The international force that monitors the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement said Thursday that seven peacekeepers, including five Americans, were killed when one of its helicopters crashed during a routine mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. An eighth
Saudis say they thwarted attack on oil facility near Yemen
Saudi Arabia said early Friday it thwarted an attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels that sparked a fire near an Aramco oil distribution center, involving unmanned boats loaded with explosives dispatched into the Red Sea. In
Opération de l’armée marocaine dans une zone-tampon au Sahara occidental
L’Algérie a dénoncé, vendredi, de “graves violations” du cessez-le-feu au Sahara occidental et appelé à l’arrêt “immédiat” des opérations militaires après l’intervention de l’armée marocaine dans une zone de ce territoire disputé. Le Maroc a
Burkina: 14 soldats tués dans une des plus graves attaques contre l’armée,
Quatorze soldats ont été tués dans une embuscade dans le nord du Burkina Faso, soit l’une des plus graves attaques contre l’armée depuis cinq ans, en pleine campagne électorale pour la présidentielle et les législatives