Armed clashes on Monday night between local police forces and a group affiliated with Khalifa Haftar, the strongman of eastern Libya, left one dead and two wounded in southern Libya, according to a hospital source. “Armed with tanks and heavy artillery, a militia under the command of Mabrouk Sahbane of the al-Karama forces (the name […]
Egypt has joined a list of international players by hosting a regional summit of leaders from Sudan’s six neighboring countries in Cairo this Thursday, July 13, focused on preventing the outbreak of a civil war and addressing the deepening humanitarian crisis in the northeastern African country. The peace talks, hosted by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah […]
Somali government forces and allied militias, backed by the United States and African Union (AU), have recaptured a strategic town that the al-Shabab armed group had controlled for six years. Pro-government forces entered the town of Adan Yabal in Hirshabelle, about 220km northeast of the capital Mogadishu, after the al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters withdrew without resisting, President […]
