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Gulf of Guinea coastal states talk military cooperation in face of Sahel jihadi violence

Leaders of Rwanda and Benin have met over the weekend to discuss ways of containing a potential spillover from an Islamist militant insurgency that has been gaining ground in neighboring Burkina Faso. Along with Benin, three other West Africa coastal nations — Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo — have suffered attacks in border areas blamed […]

Libya: LNA Chief Khalifa Haftar reportedly passed away in Paris

Libya’s warlord and chief of self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) Khaliaf Haftar has died in Paris after being whisked to a hospital of the French capital over a cerebral bleed caused by a heart attack, local media Libya Express reports. Haftar, Field Marshal aligned with the country’s unpopular east-based administration and internationally recognized parliament, House […]

Has Algeria begun preparing its public opinion for a policy reversal on the Sahara Issue?

The recent US-facilitated talks in Madrid mark a significant development in the long-standing Sahara dispute. For the first time in years, Algeria returned to the negotiating table alongside Morocco. The autonomy plan was the only proposal on the table. This diplomatic shift appears to have immediate reverberations inside Algeria. Notably, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune made no […]