Russia's potential contribution to the G5 anti-terrorist effort in Africa's Sahel region may be complicated by a geopolitical rivalry with France, Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs Elizabeth Sidiropoulos told Sputnik

The United States is offering $5 million for information on Islamic State (banned in Russia) Sahara terror group leader responsible for the 2017 ambush in Niger, the US Department of State said in a press release on Friday

The African Union (AU) has not yet decided whether it would participate in the next conference on Libya in Berlin, AU commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, told Sputnik in an interview

The African Union (AU) believes the EU-backed Berlin conference on Libya fails to address the root causes of the conflict, and a joint AU-UN effort is needed to map out an alternative plan for Libyan reconciliation, AU commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, told Sputnik