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          Eritrea

          A highly militarised East African nation with strict governance and ongoing human rights concerns. It shares borders with Ethiopia and Sudan

          Militant attacks have increased in Burkina Faso this year as an under equipped and poorly trained army struggles to contain the terrorist threat. Hamany Daniex / Reuters

          Burkina Faso cannot fight terrorism alone

          EditorialMay 14, 2019
          The unmaintained FSO Safer off Yemen's Red Sea coast has been described as a "floating bomb", pictured in March 2005. Getty

          Houthis hold ‘floating bomb’ tanker off Yemen’s coast

          May 10, 2019
          A member of the Migrant Offshore Aid Station helps refugees waiting to be let off the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily. Getty Images

          Book review: What price a passage to Europe?

          BooksApril 26, 2019
          Migrants at Tajora shelter centre feel unsafe to leave. Reuters

          Libyan detention centre opened but migrants too frightened to leave

          April 24, 2019
          Awad Ibn Auf, the Sudanese Defence Minister, stepped down on Friday evening. EPA

          Sudan's Awad Ibn Auf: veteran of Bashir era who held power for a day

          AfricaApril 13, 2019
          The Blanford's fox, with its large ears to radiate heat, is nocturnal and lives in desert cliffs. Getty Images

          Rare fox spotted in Al Ain for first time in almost 20 years

          UAEMarch 28, 2019
          Forty limes containing messages on small pieces of paper were found in a freezer in what was said to be linked to a witchcraft spell or practice against people connected with the investigation. EPA

          London mum gets 11 years for mutilating daughter in landmark FGM trial

          EuropeMarch 09, 2019
          Secretary General of Organization of Islamic Cooperation , Dr Yousef bin Ahmad Al Othaimeen says regional stability will be key in upcoming meeting. Bill Kotsatos for The National

          Kashmir on OIC agenda as Pakistan asks for India exclusion

          February 27, 2019
          Commodore Darren Garnier commands the Combined Task Force 150 battling terrorism and smuggling in the Indian Ocean. Reem Mohammed / The National

          Warships seize 22,000 kilograms of terror financing narcotics

          WorldFebruary 23, 2019
          Mr Bashir, who came to power in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989, is considering running for a third elected presidential term.Reuters

          Sudan's Omar Al Bashir vows rural development as new protests loom

          February 23, 2019
          Swarms of locusts, like these, have descended on Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra area. Getty Images

          Like the locusts, the regional response knows no borders

          CommentFebruary 17, 2019
          Swarms of locusts, like these, have descended on Abu Dhabi's Al Dhafra area. Getty Images

          Red Sea locust swarms spark warning for UAE, Saudi and Egypt

          UAEFebruary 17, 2019
          Those that have survived crossing between Libya and Italy, or pushed back, have given eye witness accounts of torture and abuse. AFP

          EU states 'complicit' in migrant deaths over Mediterranean

          EuropeFebruary 01, 2019
          Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir speaks at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum. Reuters

          Sudan's president reopens border with Eritrea

          AfricaJanuary 31, 2019
          Attendees at the Global Investment in Aviation Summit in Dubai. Nigeria is seeking investors to back its new planned airline. Leslie Pableo for The National.

          Nigeria to decide on private investor for planned airline by first half of 2019

          AviationJanuary 28, 2019
          Migrant workers who say they have been abandoned at sea, some without pay for over 27 months. Courtesy Justice Upheld

          Rescue nears for sailors stranded at sea for two years

          UAEJanuary 24, 2019
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