The Russian mercenary group Wagner has officially announced its departure from Mali after over three years of operations against Islamist insurgents. But Moscow’s military footprint in the West African country remains intact through the Kremlin-controlled Africa Corps, signaling a strategic shift rather than a retreat. Wagner declared its mission “accomplished,” citing the restoration of government […]
The interior minister of the Libyan UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has accused France of backing renegade eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have launched an offensive to control Tripoli, and called for an end to security cooperation with the European Country. Fathi Bashagha Thursday asked his department to halt all forms of cooperation […]
Currently at loggerheads with Sudan, Egypt is seeking to sideline it from talks over Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam on the Nile, the largest hydroelectric dam project in Africa, Addis Fortune newspaper reported. According to the paper, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has suggested to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, that talks proceed with Ethiopia alone. “Egypt, in […]
