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Burkina Faso: 10 Jihadists killed

At least ten Jihadists were killed Monday morning in an attack on the Tanwalbougou gendarmerie brigade in the Fada N’Gourma department, eastern Burkina Faso, according to medical sources. In the shooting, two people in a transport bus were accidentally killed and the other passengers injured. Several motorcycles, firearms, knives, cell phones and a transceiver radio […]

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Egypt: 17 terrorists killed in Sinai (Interior Ministry)

The Egyptian Interior Ministry said that police killed 17 terrorists in the al-Obaidat district of the city of al-Arich, in the north of the Sinai Peninsula. Several firearms and explosives were seized by the response forces. Egypt has been facing, for years, insurrections by Muslim Brothers across the country, as well as by a local […]

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DRC: Seven civilians killed in new attack near Beni

At least seven people were killed in a new attack launched Sunday near Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Two days earlier, twelve bodies had been found following a previous attack, which caused massive displacement of the populations. “Sixty ADF (members of the Allied Democratic Forces group) killed today (Sunday) in […]

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Niger: two policemen killed in new attack  

Two police officers were killed and another injured on Monday in an attack on a police station in the Tillabéri region in western Niger. Armed men, riding a dozen motorcycles, carried out the assault. Other attacks reported in the regions of Diffa (southeast) and Tillabéri (west), between Thursday and Friday killed at least thirteen people […]

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Nigeria: at least 30 civilians killed, many kidnapped by jihadists

At least 30 people were killed and many women and children were abducted Sunday evening by the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP), near a village close to the capital of Borno State, Maiduguri. The terrorists also burned around 30 vehicles, according to a statement from the local government. Despite the presence of African […]

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Burkina Faso: 11 people killed in the northwest

Armed terrorists killed at least 11 civilians on Friday night in the village of Siéwali, Kombori commune, located in the province of Kossi, in north-west Burkina Faso, near the Malian border. In the North of Benin, near the border with Burkina Faso, a Beninese police officer was killed in an attack on a post during […]

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UN: Morocco Gets Top-Notch Rating for its Anti-Torture Law

Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]

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Algeria: Disappearance of Ahmed Khalil

The family of Ahmed Khalil, from the Souaada tribe, and hundreds of Sahrawis gathered Wednesday, February 6, in front of the UN representation in Rabouni, which also hosts the headquarters of the Polisario secretariat, to claim the truth about the fate of Ahmed Khalil, who went missing ten years ago in mysterious conditions in Algiers. […]

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Libya: GNA-backed Prosecutor issues arrest warrant for Belhaj and Jahdran

Tripoli-based Public Prosecutor aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has demanded the arrest of Abdulhakim Belhaj, an Islamist politician and Ibrahim Jahdran’s forces controlled Libya’s oil crescent from post-2011 revolution until 2016, reports say. Both men are indicted for involvement in attacks, crimes and as well as armed groups in the North African […]

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Migration: European Leaders Seek Morocco’s Help

As the migration crisis in Europe has worsened and as illegal migration attempts from Morocco to Europe, particularly to Spain, have surged, some European countries are turning towards the North African Kingdom for help. In this connection, some European leaders have scheduled visits to Rabat to address this issue with Moroccan authorities, reports Al Massae […]