British runner Ross Cook, 27, has become the world’s first adventurer to cross the African continent running along the west coast from south to north.

Nicknamed “the toughest strange man”, Cook arrived in the Ras Angla region in northern Tunisia, 20 kilometers from Bizerte, the farthest point on the African continent, through which he crossed 16 countries.

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Koch crossed Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, and Algeria, before concluding his tour in Tunisia.
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An African summit was held Monday in the Nigerian capital Abuja to discuss strategies to combat the continent’s growing terrorist threats.

The summit was attended by prominent African leaders including Nigerian President Paula Ahmed Tinobo, his Ghanaian counterpart Nana Akufo-Addo and Togolese Faure Gnassingbe.

The Nigerian President renewed his call for regional cooperation and intelligence sharing, noting the importance of establishing a regional military force capable of countering terrorist operations and contributing to regional stability.

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed stressed the importance of regional cooperation in the fight against terrorism, noting that the center of terrorism has shifted towards sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in the Sahel region.
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The British government is looking for alternatives to deporting illegal immigrants to other countries, leaked documents have revealed, after several African countries expressed their rejection of the measure.

According to the British newspaper “The Times”, the leaked documents revealed that Morocco, Tunisia, Namibia, and Gambia refused to enter into technical discussions about this measure.

The documents also showed that the British government had entered into talks with a number of other countries, including Armenia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, and Botswana, to replicate the scheme to deport migrants to third countries.

According to the newspaper, several South American countries, including Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil, and Colombia, have been contacted to implement what the British government described as a “deal to process asylum applications in a third country.”

A list of African countries, including Cape Verde, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Angola, and Sierra Leone, has been placed on a reserve list.
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The Italian humanitarian organization “Emergency” announced on Saturday that it had rescued 87 migrants, including women and children, in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast.

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The migrant boat had set off from Zawiya in northwestern Libya before being intercepted by the Life Support Emergency Rescue Ship on Friday night, the organization said.

The organization reported that the boat was overcrowded, and water and food had run out, with 8 women among the migrants, including a pregnant woman, 3 children and 14 minors.

The rescued migrants were from Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, South Sudan, Eritrea, Bangladesh, Mali, Togo, Chad, Ghana, Liberia, Cameroon, Senegal, and Ivory Coast.

“Médecins Sans Frontières” (MSF) noted that the lack of safe and legal options, as well as the violence against migrants in Libya, forces them to cross by sea and increases the number of victims.
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The Nigerien National Army announced the start of military exercises to combat terrorism, with the participation of the armies of the Sahel countries (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso), in addition to the armies of Chad and Togo, which the statement described as “two friendly countries.”

The statement, issued the day before yesterday, Saturday, indicated that the maneuvers are taking place under the name “Tarhna Kali,” which is a term from the “Tamasheq” language spoken by the Tuareg in the Sahara region, and means “love of the homeland.
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Reports from “Middle East Eye” indicate that Turkey and Niger have announced their signing of a declaration on cooperation in the oil and natural gas sectors. They also discussed enhancing collaboration in defense and intelligence areas.

The agreement was signed as part of reciprocal visits between officials from both sides, with the aim of enhancing cooperation, according to Washington-based writer Mehmet Ozkan. Ozkan stressed the importance of the timing of these visits after the withdrawal of French and US forces from Niger, a West African country.

A Turkish delegation recently visited Niger, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin, President of the Defense Industries Foundation Haluk Gorgon, and Deputy Trade Minister Ozgur Volkan Agar.
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