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Mali: Three Irish soldiers injured in bomb attack

Three Irish soldiers were injured in a bomb attack on a multinational convoy of the UN peacekeepers in Mali, the German army announced on Wednesday.   The Bundeswehr said the attack took place Tuesday afternoon against the German-led convoy in northern Mali, about 80 kilometers to the northeast of the city of Gao.   The […]

Libya, UK poised to strengthen security cooperation

Commander of Libya’s Counter Terrorism Force (CTF), Major General Mohammed Al-Zein, held in Tripoli earlier this week a meeting with a visiting high-level British delegation that focused on means of bolstering security collaboration between the two countries. The CTF highlighted, in a statement, that the purpose of the visit was to enhance bilateral security cooperation […]

Militants escalate violence in Sahel, threatening coastal West African nations, warns report

Militant Islamist violence continues to escalate in the Sahel, shifting southward and westward to increasingly threaten security of coastal West African nations, according to a new report by Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS). Countries like Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger remain at the epicenter of this violent surge, with fatalities and militant activity hitting […]