At least 50 Boko Haram insurgents were killed during an ambush on a Nigerian infrastructure security convoy, while seven officers from the Civil Defense Corps remain missing. The incident occurred during a routine patrol monitoring power grid installations, highlighting ongoing security challenges in the region. The attack, involving approximately 200 Boko Haram fighters, demonstrated the […]
Armed rivals in northern Mali reached a landmark truce enabling the return of a state governor to the desert city of Kidal for the first time since 2014. The return of the state’s representative came after the main warring rivals, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (MNLA), a coalition of Tuareg separatists, and the pro-government militia […]
Dutch drug trafficker, Said Chaou, has been arrested in the Netherlands after Rabat requested his extradition accusing him of funding and igniting unrest in the northern Rif region. Minister of foreign affairs Nasser Bourita Thursday informed the cabinet at its weekly meeting that the wanted trafficker was arrested in the Netherlands and would be extradited […]
