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  “Perilous Desert will be an invaluable primer to the challenges” of the Sahara/Sahel region, said Dr. J. Peter Pham in a book review of Perilous Desert: Insecurity in the Sahara (edited by Frederic Wehrey & Anouar Boukhars...

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FILE – In this file photo made Jan. 21, 2010, a passenger walks past a Delta Airlines 747 aircraft in McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Mich. Delta Air Lines on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 canceled all flights to Israel...

By Aya Batrawy DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In Libya, militias armed with shoulder-launched missiles are battling for control of the country’s main airport. In Africa, the entire Sahel region is awash with weapons that include portable air defence...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday addressed top US defence officials and policy leaders on the efforts made by the military in the fight against insurgency in the North-East. Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, told the News Agency...