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Jihadi violence takes root in Benin, its spread worries West Africa

The jihadist violence, which has wracked much of West Africa’s inland Sahel region for more than the past seven years, is now spreading into the coastal states with Benin having recorded more attacks than any other coastal state in the region, experts say. Violence by extremists linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in […]

Russia’s humanitarian Agency mulls plans to open offices in Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea

Russia’s humanitarian agency Rossotrudnichestvo, also known as “Russian House”, is planning to open offices in Burkina Faso and Guinea Equatorial amid growing presence of Moscow in the African continent. Pavel Shevtsov, the deputy head of the agency told State-run news agency Sputnik about plans to set up non-State Russian Houses in the two southern African […]

Arab Interior Ministers Agree on Draft Strategies to Combat Terror & Narcotics

Draft strategies to combat terrorism and narcotics in the Arab world were adopted by the Arab interior ministers at the 36th meeting of their Council convened this weekend in Tunis. Morocco took part in the Tunis meeting with a delegation led by Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit. In his speech made before his Arab peers, Mr. […]