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World losing ground against violence in Sahel – Antonio Guterres

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday told delegates at the UN general Assembly that West Africa and international powers are failing to tackle the spiraling threat of Islamist militancy in the Sahel region. “Let’s be clear, we are losing ground in the face of violence,” Guterres told a high-level panel on the sidelines […]

Counterterrorism: Rwanda to send 1,000 troops to northern Mozambique

The Rwandan Government announced in a statement the dispatching of “1,000 soldiers and police officers to Mozambique to fight terrorism.” “The government of Rwanda, at the request of the government of Mozambique, will begin today (Friday) the deployment of a contingent of 1,000 soldiers and police officers to Cabo Delgado, a province in Mozambique, currently […]

Kenya-Sahara: Raila Odinga denied having attacked President Ruto’s decision to rescind recognition of pseudo-SADR

Raila Odinga, leader of the Azimio La Umoja Coalition and main challenger of William Ruto in the latest Kenyan presidential election, denied reports alleging that he had attacked the Kenyan president’s decision to revoke recognition of the so-called SADR. “The reports that I attacked Ruto’s decision to review Kenya’s policy on the polisario are erroneous,” […]