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Somalia offers U.S. exclusive access to key ports and airbases amid rising tensions

Somalia has extended an offer to the United States for exclusive control over strategic airbases and ports in the Gulf of Aden, thus adding a new geopolitical twist to great-power competition in the Horn of Africa. In a letter from president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to U.S. president Donald Trump, Somalia proposed granting the U.S. operational […]

Libya: Tension between BM, Serraj Escalates

Misrata-based armed forces known as Bunyan Marsous (BM) aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) have accused the Prime Minister Faiez Serraj of abandoning BM forces after the capture in December of Sirte that was held by the Islamic State. The BM, known as one of Libya’s most organized forces, drove out the […]

Tunisia: Islamist Militants Threaten Transition Process

At least seven people were killed in Tunisia in violent clashes that occurred lately between local security forces and Islamist militants as tensions build up in the North African country which is bracing for landmark parliamentary elections.  Tunisian police officers stormed the home of suspected militants to end a 24-hour standoff on Friday, leaving five […]