Africa

“The terrorists are quick,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters after a summit with the leaders of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou in May. “This is why we have to be quicker, so that we can beat them.” What happens in the Sahel, the vast sub-Saharan …

A violent insurgency in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado is sparking fears that the area could become the next frontier for global jihadism in Africa. In recent years, young men, sometimes carrying the black flag of the Islamic State, have swept hundreds of thousands of people off their land …

In early June, jihadist militants in Burkina Faso raided homes and the local market in Solhan, a village close to the border with Niger. By sunrise, they had killed at least 160 civilians in what local officials said was the country’s worst terrorist attack in years. Though particularly shocking for …

Libya’s parliament on Monday passed a law on legislative elections, its spokesman said, ahead of a planned national vote set for December 24 under a United Nations-led peace process. The law comes less than a month after speaker Aguila Saleh signed off a law for presidential elections to be held …

A team of investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council said the rival factions, foreign fighters and third countries involved in Libya’s war have likely committed war crimes and crimes against humanity since 2016. Libya’s warring parties and their foreign backers have likely committed war crimes and crimes against humanity …

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, have discussed developments in several regional issues, including the Renaissance Dam project and the crises in Libya and Syria, at a meeting in Moscow. Shoukry said the talks covered efforts to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and strengthening the two-state …

Darf Marokko Verträge über die Westsahara schließen? Das Gericht der Europäischen Union verneint das. Brüssel und Rabat müssen umdenken. Jetzt steht es einmal mehr hochrichterlich fest. Die Westsahara ist nicht Marokko, auch wenn das nordafrikanische Königreich die ehemalige spanische Kolonie seit Mitte der 1970er Jahre besetzt hält. Das entschied am …

Morocco and Ethiopia ramping up cooperation in various fields as negotiations remain stalled over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Egypt refuses to back Morocco on the Western Sahara issue. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York Sept. 25, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita announced that …

AFRICOM’s commander talked partnership opportunities with military officials in Tripoli last week, but Libyans must first bridge their divisions with nationwide elections. The top commander of US forces in Africa paid a surprise visit to Tripoli last week to sit down with officials from both sides of Libya’s conflict. Gen. …

Libya’s foreign minister said on Sunday that some foreign fighters have left the country as the unity government seeks to marshal international help to withdraw the many who remain. “The reports are correct. There is a very modest start,” Najla Mangoush said at a news conference in Kuwait when asked …