North Africa’s Power Shift
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Cattle Rustling: A Lifeline For Boko Haram In The Lake Chad Basin – Analysis
Insurgents fund their activities through stealing cows – making it more difficult to address organised crime and terrorism. In Africa, transnational cattle rustling – the forceful theft of livestock for illicit commercial gain – is
Somalie : L’armée élimine 30 membres d’Al-Shabab lors de récentes opérations
Selon une annonce du ministère de la défense, au moins 30 membres du groupe terroriste Al-Shabab ont été tués lors de plusieurs opérations menées par l’armée somalienne. Le porte-parole du ministère, Aboukar Mohamed, a précisé
At least 7 killed in Mali attack
The ‘terrorist attack’ in Segue village killed a relative of a cleric and six other men, the diocese of the Mopti region said. At least seven people were killed Sunday, December 16, in an attack
In Niger, 39 villagers killed in a double attack by suspected jihadists near Burkina Faso
The ‘barbaric acts’ saw 21 people killed in Libiri and 18 in Kokorou, including children, the defense ministry said, and took place from December 12 to 14. Thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks
Turkey’s Erdogan offers to mediate between Sudan and the UAE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone call with Sudan’s military leader on Friday and offered to mediate to resolve tensions with the United Arab Emirates, according to the Turkish leader’s office. The offer
West Africa regional bloc approves exit timeline for 3 coup-hit member states
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS approved Sunday an exit timeline for three coup-hit nations after a nearly yearlong process of mediation to avert the unprecedented disintegration of the grouping. In a first in the 15-nation
West Africa regional bloc sets up court for crimes under dictatorship in Gambia
West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday approved setting up a special court to try crimes committed in Gambia during its military dictatorship. The landmark decision was announced at the summit of regional heads of
The Horn Of Africa States: Somalis Know – OpEd
Somalia was a self-sufficient country in food until at least the late 1970s, when intervention of the IMF and the World Bank in the early 1980s reversed the trend and turned the country into a
Somaliland And Its Case For Statehood – OpEd
Recently, whispers of Somaliland’s impending recognition as an independent state have grown louder. Credible assertions are rife that the incoming administration in the US is not opposed to extending acknowledgment of this self-declared republic. Such