Libya-Egypt

Djibouti, Burundi join other states with consulates in Moroccan Sahara

Djibouti and Burundi are the latest in a series of African countries that opened consular services in the Sahara in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over its south.   With the opening Friday of Djibouti’s consulate in Dakhla and Burundi’s representation in Laayoune, the two African states were on the footsteps of the Comoros, Sao Tome […]

Tunisia: Security chief, three terrorists, including two Algerians, killed in exchange of fire

Three terrorists, including two Algerians, were killed Monday in Hidra, governorate of Kasserine, in a proactive operation involving National Guard and national army units, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a press release.   Chief of Hidra National Guard district, Lieutenant Néjib Allah Cherni, was killed in the exchange of fire.   This proactive operation […]

France’s Persistent Role in Africa: The Other ‘Indispensable Nation’?

While recently attending a conference in Benin, the crisis in Mali still loomed large. The conflict in Mali had threatened to unravel the entire security situation in the Sahel and Western African nations spent much of the last year bickering whether a military intervention to save Bamako from approaching Islamist militias was feasible. In the […]