UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Kobler poses with representatives of Libyan municipalities after their meeting in Tunis

Ghana, Burkina Faso re-affirm cooperation to fight terrorism against backdrop of diplomatic crisis

Ghana Thursday announced commitment to deepen cooperation with Burkina Faso in the fight against terrorism in the sub-region after a brief diplomatic crisis between the two. The move came following a one-day visit to Burkina Faso of Ghana’s home security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah, during which he conveyed a message from President Akufo-Addo to the Burkinabe […]

US rejects Algeria’s designation of Kabylia independence movement as ‘terrorist’

The United States has rejected the “terrorism” designation given by Algerian authorities to the MAK movement, which peacefully seeks an independent state in the Amazigh-speaking Kabylie region. In 2023, Algeria also maintained domestic terrorism designations on the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie and the Islamist movement Rachad. “The United States considers Algeria’s concentration on […]

Tunisia: Five Alleged Militants Killed near Libyan Border

Tunisian security forces have killed five “militants” near the border with Libya and the commander of the forces has been injured in the clash, the Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. “Five terrorists holed up in a house in El Aouija were killed by troops and police,” the ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati said. A civilian who […]