Two fateful missteps after the fall of dictator Muammar Qadhafi offer important lessons on the impact of early policy choices.
Jubilant crowds tearing down statues and posters of a hated despot. Feared prisons emptying out their longtime occupants. City squares hosting raucous rallies and solemn Friday prayers, free from the prying gazes of the security services.
The boys, whose average age is 10, were intercepted while being transported to Niger Republic.
The Niger State Government has rescued 21 underage boys from an alleged human trafficking syndicate in Magama Local Government Area, officials said on Wednesday.
Le Jnim (Groupe de soutien à l’islam et aux musulmans), lié à al-Qaïda, avait décrété un embargo sur Léré le 29 novembre. La ville située à une soixantaine de kilomètres de la frontière mauritanienne est un important lieu de passage pour les voyageurs et les commerçants. Mais depuis deux mois, le calvaire des habitants se poursuit, dans le plus grand silence des autorités de transition.
Bottom Line Up Front
The conflict in Sudan has seen indiscriminate bombings, extrajudicial executions, and the use of starvation as a weapon of war and yet despite this, has remained on the back pages, overtaken by attention on Gaza and the war in Ukraine.
Before leaving office, the Biden administration and the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against both sides in the conflict—the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armes Forces (SAF), led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
A collection of testimonies of the protest of Sudanese refugees in the Agadez camp, in Niger
As the protests by refugees continue in the controversial “ humanitarian center ” of Agadez , the government of Niger received Elizabeth Tan, director of the Division for International Protection at the UNHCR office in Geneva, in early December. This was an important visit given the profile of Tan, who has worked for UNHCR since 1995 and has operated in several African contexts, including Burundi, Egypt and Sudan.
OVERVIEW
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) is a terrorist group based in Mali and active across much of West Africa, including parts of Burkina Faso and Niger. It formed in March 2017, when four Mali-based extremist groups—Ansar al-Din, al-Murabitun, the Macina Liberation Front (MLF), and the Sahara Emirate subgroup of al-Qa‘ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)—announced that they had merged, formalizing cooperation among them. The leader of JNIM, Iyad ag Ghali, pledged the group’s allegiance to the amir of AQIM, to the amir of al-Qa‘ida, and to the leader of the Taliban.
Established In: January 2015
Established By: Unknown
Also Known As: MLF, Macina Liberation Movement, Katibat Macina
Country Of Origin: Mali
Leaders: Amadou Kouffa
Key Members: Amadou Kouffa
Operational Area: Mali
Number Of Members: Unknown
Involved In: Armed Attacks, Bomb Attacks
Established In: 2012
Established By: Unknown
Also Known As: Ansar al-Din, AAD
Country Of Origin: Mali
Leaders: Amadou Kouffa
Key Members: Amadou Kouffa
Operational Area: Mali, Senegal, Mauritania
Number Of Members: Unknown
Involved In: Armed Attacks, Bomb Attacks
Established In: 1996-1997
Established By: Ibrahim Haji Jaama’ Al-Afghani
Also Known As: Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, HSM, Al-Shabaab al-Islaam, Al-Shabaab al-Islamiya, Al-Shabaab al-Jihaad al Shabaab, As-Saḥab, Ash-Shabaab, Hezb al-Shabaab
His orange henna-dyed beard and striking eyewear would make him easy to pick out in a crowd, but Abdul Qadir Mumin has remained elusive.
The Somali leader of the Islamic State (IS) group has in all likelihood risen to the status of strongman of the entire organisation, even if he lacks the official title, analysts say.