Egypt is bolstering its military presence in Somalia ahead of the December 31 deadline for Ethiopian troop withdrawal, according to The National. Cairo is also training Somali forces to combat Al Qaeda-linked militants. Following an August military cooperation pact, Egypt has deployed weapons, advisers, trainers, and counter-terrorism commandos to Mogadishu. Thousands of Egyptian personnel are expected to join the mission by year’s end. Ethiopia currently has around 22,000 troops in Somalia.
Lawyers for Abir Moussi, leader of Tunisia’s Free Constitutional Party, have launched an appeal against charges that could lead
Russia is strengthening ties with eastern Libyan warlord General Haftar to disrupt European energy supplies and expand its influence in
France expressed growing alarm Friday over the detention of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal in Algeria. The 75-year-old novelist, a vocal
A new report published by the UN Sanctions Monitoring Team for Somalia warns, that the Islamic State’s Somali branch,
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