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Tag: turmoil
Kenyan police deployed for controversial UN-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti
A contingent of 400 Kenyan police officers, the first of a 1,000-strong force, departed early Tuesday (25 June) for a controversial UN-backed mission in Haiti ... Read More
Senegal’s new president Faye vows ‘systemic change’, names firebrand opposition leader Sonko as PM
Only hours after being sworn in as Senegal's president on Tuesday (2 April), Bassirou Diomaye Faye named popular opposition figure Ousmane Sonko as the nation’s ... Read More
Sudan’s military leader shakes up military leadership
Sudan’s military leader, General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, made Thursday changes in the army amid political and economic turmoil, Reuters reports. Al Burhan reshuffled the leadership of ... Read More
Burkina Faso: Military announce the removal of President Kaboré
Uniformed soldiers under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba announced Monday on Burkinabe television that they had overthrown President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who ... Read More
Seven Years after Fall of Gaddafi, Libya Remains Fragmented
Seven years after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, Libya remains in turmoil, battered by infighting between heavily armed militias and a political crisis that ... Read More
Morocco’s unwavering struggle against terrorism led to arrest of four
Though the al-Qaeda has been decimated at its epicenter and its leader killed, its regional affiliates such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and ... Read More
Underground Egyptian Cell Nabbed in UAE
United Arab Emirates security services have said they disrupted lately an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood network that “recruited Egyptian expatriates in the UAE” and “received instruction ... Read More
The EU’s Response to Terrorism in North Africa
The events of the Arab Spring have brought many changes to North Africa and the Middle East. However, it is yet to be seen whether ... Read More
Arab Interior Ministers Move to Tighten Borders Control
Arab Interior ministers have pledged to tighten borders security and control to prevent arms smuggling in the Arab world at the current turbulent and fragile ... Read More