Somalia is seeing gains in the fight against the Somali-based, al-Qaida-affiliated Islamist militant group al-Shabab, and seeks support from the United States to help the country finally eliminate this threat to its national security, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said during his visit to Washington last week. In a speech to the Somali diaspora community […]
Morocco reiterated its call for a result-oriented Arab summit that breaks away with narrow calculations. Speaking at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo, foreign minister Nasser Bourita urged Arab states to work together with a shared vision to safeguard the security, stability and territorial integrity of Arab states. Time is up for […]
Two police officers were killed and another injured on Monday in an attack on a police station in the Tillabéri region in western Niger. Armed men, riding a dozen motorcycles, carried out the assault. Other attacks reported in the regions of Diffa (southeast) and Tillabéri (west), between Thursday and Friday killed at least thirteen people […]
