BAGHDAD—The Islamic State is stepping up its attacks in Iraq, fulfilling the expectations of many analysts that the extremist group would mount a comeback after the Iraqi government declared victory over it in 2017.
Earlier this month, a prominent researcher and security expert in Iraq, who was close to the new prime minister and to Western governments, was gunned down outside his home in Baghdad.
Nearly a decade into Libya’s grinding civil war, it seems next to impossible to imagine stability, let alone a political settlement. The country is as torn as ever between the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli, which is backed militarily by Turkey, and the rival forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s breakaway Libyan National Army, backed by a motley crew of Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and France.
The struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East has insinuated itself into nearly every regional issue, fracturing international alliances and sustaining wars across the region, while raising fears of a direct conflict between the two powers that could involve the U.S.
Dans le bus de l’ONU qui le rapatrie, Yacouba Dialo est heureux de rentrer en Centrafrique après six ans réfugié dans un camp au Cameroun, mais il peste de ne pouvoir voter dans trois semaines pour élire le président et les députés de son pays, ravagé par sept années de guerre civile.
L’Organe international de contrôle des stupéfiants (OICS) a commencé cette semaine une activité de formation dont bénéficient 43 fonctionnaires en charge du contrôle des stupéfiants de dix pays d’Afrique francophone.
Du 7 au 14 décembre 2020, des fonctionnaires du Burkina Faso, du Cameroun, de la République centrafricaine, de la République démocratique du Congo, du Gabon, de la Guinée, du Maroc, du Niger, du Sénégal et du Togo participent à des séances visant à renforcer le respect des trois conventions internationales relatives au contrôle des drogues.
Les deux parties avaient déjà conclu il y a une semaine un premier accord censé garantir un accès « sans restrictions » à la province du nord du pays. Sans succès.
Un nouvel accord est intervenu entre l’ONU et l’Ethiopie pour organiser des missions conjointes d’évaluation au Tigré afin d’acheminer de l’aide humanitaire, a annoncé mercredi 9 décembre le secrétaire général des Nations unies Antonio Guterres.
From drug revenue to extortion to charitable donations, the Taliban has plenty of avenues to fill their coffers.
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist Islamic regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.
A UN analysis of photos of four anti-tank guided missiles in Libya found that one “had characteristics consistent with the Iranian-produced Dehlavieh” missile, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reported to the Security Council.
The Turkish embassy in Libya’s capital Tripoli has dismissed the claims of Saudi channel “Al-Arabiya”, which is based in the UAE, about the meeting between the Turkish ambassador and Head of Libya’s High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri, denying to have sent any message to the Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha about his visits to Egypt and France.
