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US military resumes drone, manned aircraft counter-terrorism operations from post-coup Niger

The United States has reached an agreement with Niger’s military leaders to resume flying drones and manned aircraft out of air bases in the country more than a month after a coup halted all those activities there. Since the July coup that removed President Mohamed Bazoum, the approximately 1,100 US military personnel deployed in the […]

UN Chief Reiterates Call on Polisario to Immediately Withdraw from Guerguarat

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the Polisario to immediately withdraw from the Guerguarat area in the buffer strip in the southernmost tip of the Sahara. In his report to the UN Security Council members, Gueterres expressed deep concern regarding the presence of Polisario militiamen in the buffer strip warning that the situation […]

Chad: vote counting underway in contentious elections amid opposition boycott

Polls closed Sunday (29 December) in Chad’s legislative, provincial and local elections after three years of military rule, but were boycotted by the opposition that accuses authorities of fraud and of failing to oversee a credible electoral process. After Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won a disputed presidential election in May, his government is now presenting […]