The governments of Kenya and Uganda have signed an agreement on a joint program of disarmament in an effort to end cross-border raids. The two countries have formed a joint technical committee in Nairobi to oversee the...

“A Non-Maghreb unity is a costly tribute, not only in economic aspect but also in security.”The unilateral initiative of Algeria concerning the organisation of a security summit without the presence of another key player in the region,...

The control of weapons is complicated by the limitations of national and regional capacities in the sub-region of Central Africa, because of “porous borders and overflow effects of regional conflicts” The traffic and circulation of these weapons...

When the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and France ask for something to an African state, they can generally take it for granted. These key partners have asked Bangui to postpone presidential and legislative...

There is no prohibition for Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) to take advantage of new African routes of cocaine to diversify its income. That is the assessment made by experts and by Antonio Maria Costa, director of...

Financial donors meeting under the umbrella of the Paris Club and Brazil cancelled a chunk of debts owed by the Republic of Congo which is estimated at 981 million U. S. dollars, according to a statement sent...

The personal representative of Secretary General Kofi Annan for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, said Monday in Nouakchott with “the good faith of all, we will be able soon to fix” the problem of Western Sahara.

The UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – nearly 20 000 soldiers- has planned an initial start-up withdrawal phase of its troops by the end of June 2010.Thus, 2000 troops based in the west, central...

Because of the growing threat of Al-Qaeda branch- AQMI – in the Sahel countries, the U.S AFRICA COMMAND, established in 2006, is seeking a hosting country for its General Headquarters.The recent visits of General William Ward, commander...

The bipartisan majority of U.S. senators sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton supporting U.S. policy vis-à-vis the Sahara conflict and expressing its concern regarding the growing regional instability and rising the terrorist...