Tunisian designate PM Elyes Fakhfakh

Somalia: US imposes sanctions on 14 men to sap al-Shabaab finances

The United States government on Monday (17 October) imposed sanctions on 14 men, including six it said were part of a network that has engaged in weapons procurement, financial facilitation and recruitment for the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militant Islamist group. This new, expansive round of sanctions is in addition to drone strikes and military advice from […]

Mauritania: IRA Movement Leader Vows to Remove President by 2019

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will not rule Mauritania beyond 2019, end of his current tenure, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) has told sympathizers. Mauritania has been embroiled in a political crisis after it became clear that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz wanted […]

Tindouf: Perpetuation of Sahara Conflict Ignites Sequestered Populations’ Anger against Polisario

The Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps can no longer take it. They are fed up with the corrupt, feckless and repressive leaders of the Polisario separatists, who are armed, funded and sheltered by the Algerian regime. These Sahrawis held against their will organized lately in the so-called “wilaya of Boujdour” a sit-in to protest […]