In a bold escalation of its counterterrorism campaign, Nigeria’s military has killed 592 insurgents and destroyed over 200 technical vehicles in Borno State over the past eight months, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) announced this week. The operations, part of Operation Hadin Kai, have targeted Boko Haram and ISWAP militants entrenched in the country’s volatile […]
Morocco’s Tanger Med port handled 4.8 million containers in 2019 posting a 38% increase compared to a year earlier. The port, the first in Africa and the Mediterranean in terms of container capacity, has still room for expansion as its capacity was boosted to 9 million containers with the launch of Tanger Med 2 last […]
Eritrean troops have been accused of launching a “full-scale offensive” supported by Ethiopian forces, raising international concerns that the reignited war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could quickly escalate. Eritrean and Ethiopian officials have yet to comment on the reports that Eritrea is mass-mobilizing its reserve troops and that Ethiopia has been behind a series of […]
