France and its European partners operating in Mali have announced the coordinated withdrawal from the country, where they are present with Operation Barkhane and the European special forces Takuba. "The political, operational and legal conditions are no longer satisfied" and the countries, according to a joint statement, have decided "coordinated withdrawal" from the country [...]
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Libyan air fighters loyal to General Khalifa Haftar yesterday conducted a series of air strikes on the village of Marzuq, south of Sebha, where there are believed to be gatherings of Chadian rebels. This was revealed by the spokesman of the local civil society associations, Suleiman Sida, to the Libyan newspaper “al Ayam”. According […]
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General Khalifa Haftar's self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) military operation south of Sebha in southern Libya "is intended to protect the country and the people" and is not intended to target any specific tribe or social component in the region . This is what we read in a statement issued yesterday by the LNA and relaunched this morning by [...]
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Mission in the Sahel region for the Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, who will be in Niger tomorrow and in Chad on Wednesday The area, which in recent years has become a crucial and strategic point for thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe, is affected by instability caused by the regional crises, the terrorist threat and the infiltration of Islamic extremism. One [...]
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The fighters and two military sources reported that rebels in northern Chad attacked government forces on the Libyan border this week. The government denied what happened. A nascent rebel movement, the Military Council of the Command for the Salvation of the Republic (CCMSR), says it wants to depose President Idriss Deby who, [...]
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(by Massimiliano D'Elia) Many think that Isis was defeated in its state form after the battles, neighborhood by neighborhood in two key countries of the region. In Iraq and Syria, the campaign to overthrow the so-called caliphate project that Isis established in June 2014 has largely achieved its goal. After three [...]
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In mid-August, General Khalifa Haftar, military commander of the Lybian National Army (LNA), traveled to Moscow. The visit did not arouse much interest, it seemed like one of the classic foreign visits to the Russian capital. The visit began at the airport with the meeting of the Libyan Ambassador to Russia. Meeting, according to many, "unusual", seen [...]
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Developing a development and security partnership between the European Union and Africa is necessary to create prospects for the future of the countries of the continent, without this approach it will not be possible to tackle “illegal practices”. This is what the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, underlined during the joint press conference which took place today at the end of the mini summit [...]
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