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Burkina Faso’s parliament greenlights deployment of troops to Niger

The parliament in Burkina Faso authorized Tuesday September 19 plans by the transitional leader Captain Ibrahim Traore to send troops to neighboring Niger facing a looming foreign military intervention to restore deposed leader Mohamed Bazoum. All the 71 lawmakers voted in favor of the proposal. The contingent will have a three-month renewable mandate starting from […]

Pan-African Parliament: Morocco foils Polisario’s attempt to add Sahara issue to agenda

The Moroccan delegation participating in the Pan-African Parliament meeting, convening in Johannesburg (South Africa), has foiled an attempt by the Polisario to put the Sahara issue on the agenda of the MPs debates. Irked and enraged by their failure, the Polisario members lashed out at the African Parliament standing committee on international relations & conflict’s […]

Tunisia: security stepped up to ward off eminent attacks

The Tunisian Interior ministry on Sunday warned that eminent terrorist attacks were looming on capital city Tunis and ordered stepping up security measures. The interior ministry said it received intelligence reports about unnamed terrorists plotting attacks against sensitive and vital sites in Tunis using car bombs and explosive belts. According to an interior ministry official, […]