Category: Africa

Reports from Tigray are saying that national defense forces have taken control of Shire, northwest of the capital of Mekelle, and Alamata.

French commandos in Mali killed around 30 jihadists and captured or destroyed weapons and vehicles after “several hours” of combat.

The Moroccan military launched an operation in the disputed Guerguerat border zone to clear a key road it said had been blockaded.

The French forces in the Sahel have made little progress during their seven years in country leading critics to see it as an unwinnable war.

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says the military has conducted airstrikes in the breakaway state of Tigray against the TPLF.

Airstrikes carried out by French forces in Mali on Tuesday have neutralized scores of fighters and enemy vehicles.

In daring nighttime raid, Navy SEALs rescued an American prisoner from kidnappers in Northern Nigeria, according to the Pentagon.

Reuters has identified the kidnapped American as 27-year-old Philip Walton. He was abducted by armed men on motorcycles.

While the ceasefire deal is drawing early praise, many Libyan civilians have publicly expressed skepticism that the truce will hold.

POTUS: “Sudan agreed to pay $335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families… I will lift Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.”

Qatar provided anti-Gaddafi militias with training, funding, logistical support, equipment and weapons by bypassing the arms embargo.

Many of the structures constructed by Dover Vantage were so poorly constructed that they collapsed, including an aircraft hangar in Niger.