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Attack on Moroccan trucks in Mali highlights growing threat of terrorism-separatism nexus

Armed men loyal to a JNIM terrorist group targeted a convoy of Moroccan trucks carrying food supplies to Bamako near the Mauritania–Mali border, underscoring mounting insecurity in the Sahel and vindicating Morocco’s warning of the risks to regional stability posed by the coalition between terrorist and separatist groups in the region. The attack occurred along […]

Libya: Anti-GNA members in HoR lambast Kobler, PC

A group of lawmakers of Libya’s internationally recognized House of Representatives (HoR) has fired shots at head of UNSMIL and at the Presidency Council (PC); accusing them of behaving pompously and of corruption. The 71-member group gathered under the banner of the National Sovereignty Bloc (NSB) rapped Martin Kobler for his arrogance. For the 71 […]

US-led Sahara talks expose Algeria’s underlying border fears

As the US leads efforts to facilitate negotiations on the Sahara on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan, Algeria’s diplomatic posture is shifting in ways that reveal deeper strategic anxieties about its quest to keep the status-quo of unjust colonial borders drawn to the detriment of Morocco. Beyond the status of the Sahara territory, […]