The “Arab Spring” revolutions and the current regional security situation have combined to turn Algeria into a temporary home for some 30,000 refugees from Syria, Libya and Mali. Bin Olwi Mohy el-Din, a member of the African Association for Care of Refugees Affairs, an NGO, told Anadolu Agency that the …

Cameroon’s military has launched a new operation to rid the country of Boko Haram militants “once and for all” and soldiers are prepared to storm one of the group’s remaining strongholds in Nigeria, a military commander said on Thursday. The operation – code-named Tentacle – began this week and involves …

A key Islamist suspect believed to head Mali’s southern jihadist fighters was detention in the capital Bamako on Thursday following his capture by special forces, security sources told AFP. “Souleymane Keita, the top jihadist leader in the south of the country, was arrested a few days ago on the Mauritanian …