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Washington’s strategic review of MINURSO reinforces momentum behind Morocco’s autonomy plan

The United States’ newly declared strategic review of MINURSO, coupled with the Security Council’s Resolution 2797 renewing the mission with strengthened oversight, marks a decisive shift in the UN’s approach to the Sahara file, one that aligns increasingly with Morocco’s long‑standing call for a political solution based on autonomy under its sovereignty. A senior UN […]

Burkina Faso: Dozens of soldiers killed in jihadi attack as French forces are on way out

Last week’s jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit, which has reportedly claimed lives of at least 51 soldiers, came while some 400 French special forces soldiers were leaving the country. The death toll from the attack in the country’s north has risen to 51, Burkinabe military officials said Monday, Feb. 20, after 43 […]

Eritrean troops accused of ‘war crimes’ in Tigray after peace deal — Amnesty’s report

Eritrean soldiers, allied with Ethiopia’s government, committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity despite the signing of an agreement to end hostilities, when they extra-judicially executed civilians and sexually enslaved women for months after the signing of the peace deal, according the a new report published by the Amnesty International. The new report released […]