Security Council members are expected to hold this Wednesday consultations behind closed doors on the Sahara. The newly appointed Head of MINURSO Russian Alexander Ivanko and Assistant Secretary-General for Africa in the Departments of Political and Peace-building Affairs and Peace Operations (DPPA-DPO) Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee will make their first presentations before the Council. Pobee […]
The 64th extraordinary Summit of Heads of States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held Sunday December 10 in Abuja, Nigeria, maintained sanctions slapped on Niger in the wake of July 26 military coup and demanded the release of detained leader Mohamed Bazoum. Both sides have been embroiled in a tug of […]
Moroccan authorities announced on Wednesday the arrest of four jihadists who were active in the region of Taza, 120 kilometers east of Fez. The members of this terror cell, aged between 33 and 38, were captured by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), Morocco’s FBI. Their leader is a former fighter in the Syrian-Iraqi […]
