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EU Trust Fund Bêkou for Central African Republic extended until 2020

The European Commission announced this Wednesday the extension of the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (CAR) until the end of 2020.   The Bêkou Trust Fund (meaning “hope” in Sango) was created in July 2014 to address the political and security crisis of 2013 in CAR and remains a critical instrument to […]

Polisario’s Delirium Concerning Morocco’s Territorial Waters

Faithful to its disinformation campaigns and propaganda methods, the Polisario issued a statement condemning Morocco’s adoption of a legal text providing for the demarcation of its maritime boundaries with the Spanish Canary Islands in the Atlantic ocean. In a statement, the Algerian-based Polisario alleged that the draft law adopted by the Government Council on Thursday […]

Sudan’s paramilitary RSF threatens to attack northern states amid reports of Khartoum executions

The deputy leader of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Abdel Rahim Hamdan Daglo, has threatened to invade two northern states following significant losses to the Sudanese army. In a video statement filmed in Darfur, Daglo vowed to attack the Northern State and River Nile State, claiming his forces, bolstered by 2,000 vehicles, would soon strike. […]