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Niger, Mali to set up Inter-Governmental Security Committee

Niger and Mali, two terrorism-stricken nations, have agreed to set up an inter-governmental cross-border security committee to pool efforts to fight the terrorism scourge.   The decision was made Tuesday at talks in Bamako between Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, and visiting President of Niger Issoufou Mahamadou. The purpose of setting up the committee is […]

Sudan arrests over a hundred mercenaries heading to Libya

Sudanese authorities announced the arrest in the Darfur region of 122 mercenaries who were travelling to neighboring Libya to take part in the conflict. This group of combatants included eight children. According to several UN reports, hundreds or even thousands of Sudanese fight regularly in Libya, but this is the first time that Khartoum has […]

Egypt has launched a trial passenger train service on the newly rebuilt Sinai railway line

For the first time in years, a passenger train has crossed into Sinai as part of Egypt’s ongoing efforts to modernize its transportation network. The Ministry of Transport has initiated a trial run of the 100-kilometer Al-Fardan–Bir al-Abd railway line in Sinai, a significant milestone in the region’s rail infrastructure development. Deputy Prime Minister for […]