British Daily: Morocco’s growing influence in Africa opens up huge opportunities for UK partnership

Morocco’s drive for a more influential role in African affairs could be strategically important to the UK as it seeks new global partnerships in the post-Brexit era, says International Business Times. Under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, Morocco has pursued political and economic reforms to sustain long-term growth, adds the British daily in an […]

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger launch joint military force to combat Sahel terrorism

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have officially launched a joint military force aimed at tackling Islamist insurgencies and cross-border insecurity, deepening their security cooperation outside the framework of West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc. The new formation, called the United Force of the Alliance of Sahel States (FU-AES), was unveiled on Dec 20 at an airbase in […]

U.S. offers military equipment to Niger to fight terrorism

The U.S. has donated military equipment including vehicles to the Nigerien armed forces to fight terrorism in the Sahel country. “The United States of America has just donated a significant amount of equipment to strengthen the capacity of the Special Forces Training Center in Tillia and the Peacekeeping Training Center in Ouallam, two strategic entities […]