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Nigeriens armed forces have arrested two senior members of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS) near the border with neighboring Burkina Faso, reports say. The militants are Abou Maryam aka +Zaïd+ and Sita Ousseini aka Loukoumane. Both, media note citing a Nigerien security source, have been on a wanted list. +Zaid+ was arrested on […]
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border crossings after more than a decade, amid warming ties between the two neighbors following years of tensions. Kenya has decided to reopen its border crossings with Somalia at Mandera, Lamu, and Garissa, effectively ending a 12-year barricade that began in 2011, Kenya’s interior minister said […]
Markets will be re-opened and schools re-built along the shared border between Cameroon and Nigeria after the area was declared free of Boko Haram militants — this is the latest plan presented by governors from both countries. Governor of Nigeria’s Borno state, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday (25 August) said President Muhammadu Buhari instructed governors […]
Around 600 Tunisians stranded in Libya broke main crossing point between the two countries to return home, Webdo Tunis reports. The Tunisian nationals according to the online media citing sources from the interior ministry forced the Ras Jedir entry point after they denied access by Tunisian security and customs authorities. Haythem Zaned reportedly said additional […]
Tunisia’ defense minister Farhat Hachani announced that the first phase of the fight against the flow of terrorists between Tunisia and Libya has been completed with the construction of a wall and trenches along the border. The construction was initiated after two major attacks targeted Tunisia last year. The assaults were carried out by Tunisian […]