Filling the void left by French troops who withdrew from Niger just a couple of weeks ago, the Sahel country and Russia have announced an agreement to develop military cooperation as part of the efforts to stabilize the situation in the region. Russian Deputy Defense Ministers Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Alexander Fomin met Niger’s junta-appointed Defense […]
Major Gen. Andrew Rohling, deputy commanding general of US Army Europe –Africa, and Gen. Belkhir El Farouk, Royal Armed Forces Southern Zone Commander met, on Thursday in Agadir, to discuss plans for conducting next year’s African Lion, the largest military training exercise on the continent, amidst the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The high-ranking […]
Tunisia’s ousted leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali who died Thursday will be buried in Mecca in accordance with his wishes, reports say. The 83-year old man died in his residence in Jeddah from ailment. His lawyer Mounir Ben Salha, indicated on facebook that the corpse of the late former President will be transferred to the […]
