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DRC: UN mission that ‘proved its limits in ‘permanent war’ is to withdraw peacekeepers

After more than a two-decade presence, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MONUSCO is set to withdraw its 15,000 peacekeepers from the Central African nation, based on a deal signed by MONUSCO’s head and DRC foreign minister on Tuesday (22 November). The country’s Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula said […]

Egypt won’t renew Turkey transit-trade agreement

Relationship between Turkey and Egypt has been dealt another blow after Cairo stated that it will not be renewing the cooperation agreements with Ankara when they expire. Amongst them is the important transit-trade agreement that is set to expire in March next year. Turkey is yet to be officially informed. Hwaida Essam Abdel Rahman, Deputy […]

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger launch joint military force to combat Sahel terrorism

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have officially launched a joint military force aimed at tackling Islamist insurgencies and cross-border insecurity, deepening their security cooperation outside the framework of West Africa’s ECOWAS bloc. The new formation, called the United Force of the Alliance of Sahel States (FU-AES), was unveiled on Dec 20 at an airbase in […]