Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal on Sunday met with visiting Commander of the U.S. Command for Africa (AFRICOM), General David M. Rodriguez, to discuss the security situation in chaos-ridden Libya and the Sahel region. General Rodriguez is visiting the North African nation as part of the 3rd Algerian-U.S. meeting on …

Uganda plans to withdraw all of its troops from a mission in Central African Republic (CAR) whose goal is to hunt down members of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group, a military official said on Friday. Authorities have notified the African Union of plans to withdraw the 2 500 …

Niger’s defence minister says his country and Chad will send troops to neighbouring Nigeria to fight Boko Haram extremists. Hassoumi Massaoudou said that the military deployment by the two countries was meant to secure their borders from Islamic extremists, who have staged several attacks in recent weeks in Niger, including …