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Niger creates new company to fight cross-border crime

Niger has just created a new Mobile Border Control Company in Birni N’Konni (south), near the border with Nigeria, to fight organized cross-border crime, reported African Daily Voice, quoting an official source. The signing of the training agreement, which marks the launch of the first training cycle of 263 Niger police officers for the new […]

Malian transition leaders postponed sine die next year presidential elections

Mali’s Government in power since May 2021 following a second coup announced Monday September 25 the delay sine die the scheduled February 2024 presidential elections, citing a number of reasons including issues related to the review of the electoral lists. Government spokesman Col. Abdoulaye Maiga announced the move noting that the elections “will be slightly […]

Es-Smara blasts, a ‘terrorist act’ that would not go unpunished – Moroccan UN representative

The projectiles fired into Smara on Saturday killing one and injuring three others are a “terrorist act” and an “act of war” that will not go unpunished, said Omar Hilale Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN. Speaking to the press after the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara for […]