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Sahel ‘at crossroads’: conflict-ridden region needs support to fight armed groups, warns UN

International and regional efforts to combat armed groups linked to al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and other extremist groups have failed to stop their expansion in Africa’s Sahel region, a senior United Nations official has warned. The joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to al-Qaida, ISIL (ISIS) and others in the Sahel, […]

Libya: Two Russian agents held for espionage to be freed

The UN-backed Government National Accord (GNA) will soon set free two Russian agents accused of espionage, reports say citing Moscow. Maxim Shogali and Samer Seifan have been held in Libya for more than one year. The GNA has charged the two Russians for gathering intelligence with actions that harmed the State’s security. The two men, […]

Egypt: Two Alleged Terrorists Killed in Sinai, Roadside Bomb Attack Injures Security Official

The Third Field Army killed two alleged terrorists in two separate incidents, in central Sinai while a top security official has been injured in a roadside bomb attack in the northern part of the restive peninsula, it was officially announced on Wednesday. One of the “terrorists” was killed in Wady Gerba after hurling a hand […]