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The Rabat-based UNOCT Program Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa launched on Monday a series of specialized training courses on counter-terrorism, organized in collaboration with the Australian government. This first session of a 10-week training, supervised by international experts, aims to bolster the specialized and technical capabilities of participants…

Dr Khan looks at the new outbreak of an old virus that has been detected in about a dozen countries in two weeks.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised Niger long-term military and financial support to fight Islamist insurgents across West Africa, during a visit on Monday on his inaugural Africa tour.

Significant proportions of weapons and arms seized from Islamist insurgents in Niger came from West African state stockpiles, suggesting authorities are struggling to secure arms stores in the region, a report said on Monday.

Adoption rates of the eNaira, Africa’s first official digital currency, have been low since its introduction in October.

Cases of the rare infectious disease have suddenly started to spread across the globe in recent weeks

A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked to extremist groups al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Burkina Faso, are obstructing progress on Africa’s Great Green Wall, according to experts involved in the initiative

Getting up for a morning coffee is not always a memorable experience, but in South Africa your morning routine might come with a side of sporting elephants.

Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in collaboration with Interpol, is hosting Monday a workshop on confronting emerging terrorist organizations and phenomena in the Middle East and Africa. The workshop is hosted by the Egyptian Police Academy until May 25. The participating countries include Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia,…