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Libya: Haftar proposed as top army commander, parliament president to sign decree

Renegade army general Khalifa Haftar has been proposed by the president of the Libyan House of Representative Aguila Saleh as the top army commander and the parliamentarians have supported it. Haftar has his own forces and was fighting against the Islamists in the East before forming a coalition with the Libyan army last year. Authorities […]

Security forum in Senegal focuses on preventing violent extremism in Africa

Discussions about the fight against rising violent extremism in Africa, particularly in the Sahel region, are dominating a meeting of security experts in Dakar, Senegal, this week, which is happening against the backdrop of increasing Islamist militant attacks and growing instability. While scores of conferences, forums and training exercises have been held over the past […]

US emails reveal Algeria’s collusion with terrorist groups in Sahara & Sahel

The Algerian junta, with its future constitution, seeks to muzzle its civil society and to divert attention from its internal problems by extending its influence beyond its borders through destabilizing neighboring countries. Reports about these destabilizing attempts and about Algeria’s connections with the terrorist groups roaming in the Sahel-Sahara region made the headlines from time […]