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With the announcement of the killing by French forces of the most wanted terrorist in West Africa Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the international media established the link with the Polisario, underlining the proven collusion between this group of mercenaries and terrorism in the Sahel. Recalling the jihadist operations carried out by Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the […]
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is secretly expanding its presence in the Sahara Desert to monitor Islamist groups operating in the region while using Libya as base, the New York Times reported. The US media noted in its story published Saturday that Washington had established partnerships, described as fruitful, with local partners in Libya. […]
After it announced a gradual military disengagement in the Sahel, France will give details on the readjustment of its military presence in the Sahel, during the G5 Sahel summit. During this G5 Sahel summit, scheduled for Friday, July 9, 2021 by videoconference, French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to provide further details on the announced […]
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday a “profound transformation” of the French military presence in the Sahel and the establishment of an international anti-jihadist alliance in the region. “Following consultations with our partners, in particular the United States … European countries … we will begin a comprehensive transformation of our military presence in the […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita held phone calls with US Secretary of State Antony Blenken during which they both highlighted the depth of the two countries’ longstanding strategic ties and willingness to further bolster their partnership. The personal ties between King Mohammed VI and President Biden will give an additional boost to a special partnership […]
The Algeria-backed polisario front is an “imminent” danger at the gates of Europe and European countries are particularly concerned by the threat posed by this “entity”, especially in light of the connections that it is said to have woven in the Sahel-Saharan strip. The remarks were made by Emmanuel Dupuy, president of the Institute for […]
Head of Morocco’s central bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ) Habboub Cherkaoui has alerted to the surge in numbers of Polisario fighters who join the ranks of terrorist groups in the Sahel, notably Al Qaeda. Faced with grim prospects and oppression in the camps, many of the disenchanted youth held under the yoke of the Polisario […]
The participation of Morocco at the high-level G5 security summit in the Chadian capital Ndjamena confirms Morocco’s commitment to multilateralism in addressing security and peace issues in the Sahel, in keeping with its solidarity-based foreign policy towards its African neighbors. The invitation of Morocco to such a key event attended by heads of state of […]
Al Qaeda in the Sahel is currently developing an “expansion project” towards the Gulf of Guinea, particularly Côte d’Ivoire and Benin, said Bernard Emié, head of French foreign intelligence. Bernard Emié made the remarks Monday while taking part in an executive committee meeting devoted to the fight against terrorism at the Orléans-Bricy air base, during […]
One hundred people were killed in Niger Saturday and Sunday, between the two rounds of the presidential election, while two French soldiers from the Barkhane force were killed Saturday in Mali. In Niger, the one hundred people were killed in the attack on two villages in the west, one of the worst massacres of civilians […]