Algeria expels over 1,800 migrants to Niger border, rights group says
Algeria expelled 1,845 migrants to Niger’s border in a mass operation on April 19, rights group Alarmphone Sahara
Ethiopia announced on Friday its collaboration with a new African Union force to combat the Al-Shabaab Islamist insurgents in Somalia. This development follows a reconciliation last month between Ethiopia and Somalia, facilitated by Turkey, after tensions over Ethiopia's maritime deal with Somaliland. The Ethiopian Defense Minister, Aisha Mohammed, visited Somalia on Thursday to meet President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, conveying a message from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The AU force is expected to deploy later this month.
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