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[ISS] On 9 April 2020, al-Qaeda-affiliated groups operating in the Sahel attacked a security and customs post on the Bamako-Kayes road in Mali's western Kayes region. Four months later, on 5 August, groups attacked another post located on the Nioro-K...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed will visit Tunisia on Friday.

[Foroyaa] A prosecution witness, who testified in the case of four staff if the Immigration Department charged with Official Corruption and Conspiracy to Commit Felony, said a boat carrying migrants from the Gambia capsized in Mauritania, after the d...