The Somali jihadist Shebabs claimed responsibility for the attack launched on Sunday on a famous hotel in Mogadishu, frequented by government officials, that killed ten civilians and a police officer, according to an official report in the evening. It took security forces four hours and a raging gun battle to regain control of the Elite […]
Mauritanian El-Ghassim Wane was appointed by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres as the new UN envoy for Mali. He will replace Chad’s Mahamat Saleh Annadif as head of MINUSMA, the UN largest peacekeeping force of nearly 14,500 troops in Mali. A lawyer by training, El-Ghassim Wane studied in Senegal and France before rising through […]
Nigeria, Benin and Niger have established a joint border patrol team comprising the Police, Customs and Immigration authorities of the three countries to recommend a date for the reopening of the borders. Two months ago, the Nigerian government closed its land borders to all goods. According to the country’s Comptroller-General of the Customs Service, Hameed […]
