NATO will be sending experts to Libya as soon as possible to evaluate how it can help to improve its security, bring the maneuvers of the militias under control and combat the rapid rise of Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the south region. Their visit to Libya was a demand made by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan [...]
The King of Morocco is starting as of Friday March 15 an official visit to Senegal, first leg of an African tour that will also take him to Gabon and Cote d’Ivoire. The visit to Senegal is not a surprise to anyone, as king Mohammed VI has always included the Dakar phase in his trips [...]
The French conglomerate Vivendi has flatly denied press reports alleging that it has been pressured to freeze the sale of its stakes in Maroc Telecom because of the war in Mali. The process of an eventual cession of Maroc Telecom is being carried on and discussions are underway with several potential buyers, said Vivendi in [...]
The new European mission meant to support the fight against organized crime and terrorism in the Sahel region, dubbed “EUCAP SAHEL Niger” kicked off earlier this month with the arrival in Niger of about 50 experts. The aim of “EUCAP SAHEL Niger”, initially due to last for two years, is to improve the capacities of [...]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta has called on Maghreb countries to work together in the fight against the terror group, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which is expanding its terror, human, arms & drug trafficking activities in the Sahel, threatening regional stability. In his remarks made during his trip to Tunisia part [...]
The European Union on Monday announced it would send to Africa a new EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) mission to support the fight against organized crime and terrorism in the Sahel Region and another team of security advisors to fight piracy in the Horn of Africa. The first civilian mission, called EUCAP SAHEL [...]
A Nigerian court in Abuja Friday charged two Nigerians with having links with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The two men are accused of receiving funds from the terrorist group to finance the recruiting of militants with a view to sending them to training centers in Yemen. They are also said to have attended [...]
Shortly after he was appointed last Monday by the French Foreign Minister as his special representative for the Sahel, diplomat Jean Felix-Paganon met president Dioncounda Traoré of Mali, who was in Paris for medical treatment following his physical aggression by demonstrators last May. The French diplomat afterwards flew to the region for consultations with local [...]
The main terrorist groups operating in Africa and mainly in the Sahel region are coordinating efforts and helping each other through arms and funds sharing, a US official has warned. Speaking at a news conference in Washington recently, the head of the US Africa Command, General Carter Ham, said these groups, namely Al-Qaeda in the [...]
Grain and fodder production in West Africa has recorded a drop of more than 26 percent due to bad weather conditions, plunging the region again in a food crisis. The conclusion was drawn by a meeting of experts held over the weekend in Benin’s economic capital, Cotonou, on food crisis in West Africa and economic [...]
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