Africa’s ‘conflict corridor’ from Mali to Somalia doubles in size in three years, new report warns

Conflicts in Ukraine, in the Middle East, but particularly across Africa, have expanded the conflict-affected areas across the world by 65% since 2021 to encompass 4.6% of the entire global landmass, up from 2.8% three years ago, according to the latest Conflict Intensity Index (CII), published by risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft. Myanmar, flashpoints in the […]

Moroccan, Nigerien intelligence services free two Moroccan cyclists kidnapped in Burkina Faso

Moroccan and Nigerian intelligence services have freed two Moroccan cyclists who have been missing since the end of last March and who were actually kidnapped in Burkina Faso. The Moroccan security services succeeded, in collaboration with their Nigerien counterparts, in freeing on Saturday, May 13, the two Moroccan cyclists, Abderrahmane Serhani and Driss Fatihi who […]

Libya: Sirte is ISIS-Free but Terrorism War Unfinished, PM Serraj

Prime Minister-designate of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj has officially announced “the end of military operations” against the Islamic State in the coastal town of Sirte; eight months after the offensive was launched with aerial support from Western countries. He was quick to add that the “the liberation of the […]