West African leaders have pledged $1 billion to combat the threat of Islamist militancy in the region, the head of the regional bloc said on Saturday at the end of the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The extraordinary summit was attended by the […]
Olfa Hamdi, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tunisia’s national carrier and founder of La troisième République [The Third Republic] movement, will run for the presidency during the next elections. Hamdi unveiled her plans over the weekend and presented herself as the suitable replacement of incumbent Kais Saied whose election in 2019 has harmed so […]
US Senator Ted Cruz told a Senate hearing on counterterrorism in North Africa and the Sahel that Iran is working to transform the Polisario Front into a regional proxy force, warning that the alleged cooperation between the separatist group and Iran‑backed networks represents a growing security threat to the US and its partners. “Iran is […]
