The State Department is not removing Gamaat Islamiya from the terror list because it is defunct. Just the opposite. It’s being removed from the terror list because the Biden administration expects it to be active again. And wants to be able to provide support for it.
In May 2021, Mali suffered its second coup in the space of a year, both of which were perpetrated by the same group of colonels. While the first coup, in August 2020, followed a recognizable script of quickly standing up a civilian-led transitional government with the task of guiding the country to democratic elections, the second has upended that “business-as-usual” approach to post-coup transitions.
Two Swedish brothers have been sentenced to jail for eight months after their efforts to join ISIS unravelled when their recruiter was revealed as an undercover intelligence officer.
The men, who have not been identified, were arrested in February at Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport as they tried to leave Sweden to join the combat ranks of the terrorist group.
The Turkish finance minister is planning a visit to Egypt next month in the latest step toward rapprochement between the two countries.
In a new step toward rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey, Turkish Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati will visit Egypt on June 1.
Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, was to have a referendum when the Spaniards chose to leave in 1975. The people of Western Sahara were to choose between independence or integration with Morocco. Due to the complex interplay of factors, the referendum could not take place and the region was controlled by Morocco and Mauritania. In 1979, Mauritania signed a peace deal with the Polisario Front (an independence movement led by the Sahrawi natives which was founded in 1973) and gave up its control over Western Sahara. Currently, Morocco controls over 80 per cent of the territory and contends that its jurisdiction over the region even predates the Spanish rule. Spain has remained neutral on the Western Sahara conflict all these years and has pushed for a political resolution which is mutually acceptable to the parties involved.
Les conflits et les catastrophes naturelles ont contraint environ 60 millions de personnes à fuir leur lieu d’habitation l’an dernier, selon une étude rendue publique par des ONG. Ce bilan, en constante augmentation, pourrait bien s’alourdir encore en 2022 avec la guerre en Ukraine.
Les principaux producteurs et exportateurs de pétrole d’Afrique se réunissent jusqu’au 19 mai à Luanda, la capitale angolaise. Ils cherchent des solutions pour accroître les investissements dans le secteur pétrolier et la transition énergétique.
La Sous-Secrétaire générale des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique, a regretté, mercredi, devant le Conseil de sécurité, la décision des autorités de transition du Mali de se retirer du G5 Sahel et de sa Force conjointe, alors que le contexte sécuritaire dans la région ne cesse de se dégrader.
Lors d’une réunion du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU, le sous-secrétaire générale pour l’Afrique Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee a rappelé que le terrorisme et l’insécurité continuent de se développer dans la région du Sahel.
Taiz, a city in central Yemen, is besieged by Huthi rebels and practically cut off from the rest of the country. Restored road access would save lives and build trust that could help bring peace to Yemen, but time is short.