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Washington presses Saudi Arabia, UAE to end Qatar’s isolation benefiting Iran

The US has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to end the three-year old diplomatic feud with Qatar on grounds that the crisis generates revenues for embargo-hit Iran. The Trump administration is taking a new tack in trying to resolve a three-year-old Gulf crisis by pressing Saudi Arabia and the […]

Mali: Armed groups to merge into a political movement

In Mali, armed groups that have signed the 2015 peace agreement, on Saturday called on other groups that share a common core to rally behind one umbrella to form a political movement in the northern region of the war-torn West African nation. At the opening of a “congress” of its movement in Kidal, the High […]

France’s travel tips: Morocco, only safe country in Africa

The French Foreign Ministry’s updated travel warning states that areas at risk are expanding in Africa, on the backdrop of rising terrorist threats, and that only one country on the continent is considered “safe”: Morocco. This update comes after the kidnapping of French tourists in Benin and whose release in Burkina Faso resulted in the […]