The polisario leaders were sensing a change in the stand of Mauritania regarding the Sahara regional conflict, before the new President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, took over. The fears of the separatists, who currently feel abandoned, were confirmed following the remarks made lately by Mauritania’s top diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. At a press […]
Three Nigerien police officers lost their lives in an attack last Sunday by unidentified men, in Maradi region, South-West of the West African country, amid rising insecurity. “During the night of October 30 to 31, the border post of Dabira, in the commune of Madarounfa was attacked by armed bandits”, the country’s state-run news agency […]
A raid by French troops in Mali has killed 33 Islamist militants last weekend using attack helicopters, ground troops and a drone, near the border with Mauritania, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The operation took place in a different part of Mali where 13 French soldiers died last month in a helicopter crash while tracking […]
