🔦🇵🇰⁉️🤝🇸🇴— Somali Presidents states that he is open for negotiation with al Shabaab, and that any country willing to be a third-party mediator can take the initiative.

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🔦🇪🇹🇨🇩🌍❌🏴 — Chairperson of the Comission of the African Union, says he is concerned with the increasing number of killed by the ADF (visibly he is years late, the ADF is now ISCAP) in northeastern Congo, at least 150 in the first half of June.

He called for the Congolese government and friendly countries to intensify efforts against the Islamic State Central African Province, and that the AU reaffirms its solidarity with the DRC.

✍️The Ugandan military presence for years hasn't been able to stop the insurgency, what could be interesting would be a Rwandan contingent just like in Mozambique which would 'maybe' be better.

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🇧🇫 🏴 Burkina Faso - Map of jihadist militant groups activity in Burkina Faso (1 Jan. 2024–24 May 2024).

🟨 JNIM activity in 11 out of 13 regions
🟩 IS activity concentrated in the Sahel region
⚡️ Militant clashes recorded in the Sahel region

Source: ACLEDINFO

https://www.julesduhamel.com/burkina-faso-map-of-jihadist-militant-groups-activity-jan-may-2024/

Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote an article "Russia and the DPRK: Traditions of Friendship and Cooperation Through the Years" ahead of his state visit to the North Korea for the main North Korean newspaper Rodong Sinmun. Here are the key points:

🌏 Vladimir Putin believes "joint efforts" will take 🇷🇺 🇰🇵 Russia-North Korea "bilateral interaction to a higher level, which will facilitate mutually beneficial and equal cooperation" between the two countries;

"The relations of friendship and neighbourliness between Russia and the DPRK, based on the principles of equality, mutual respect and trust, go back more than seven decades and are rich in glorious historical traditions";

🌏 The Russian Federation and the DPRK plan to promote academic mobility between Russian and Korean higher education institutions, mutual tourist trips as well as cultural, educational, youth and sports exchanges – "everything that makes communication between countries and nations people-centred, everything that enhances confidence and mutual understanding";

The Russian Federation will "support the DPRK and the heroic Korean people in their struggle against the treacherous, dangerous and aggressive enemy, in their fight for independence, identity";

🌏 Russia "highly appreciate the DPRK’s unwavering support for Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, their solidarity with us on key international matters and willingness to defend our common priorities and views";

🌏 The DPRK is "achieving tremendous results and genuine breakthroughs in strengthening their country in terms of defence, technology, science and industry" with "force, dignity and courage";

🌏 The bilateral declarations signed with Kim Jong Il in 2000 "defined the main priorities and areas of our constructive multidimensional partnership for years to come";

Russia and the North Korea "will develop alternative trade and mutual settlements mechanisms not controlled by the West, jointly oppose illegitimate unilateral restrictions";

🌏 The US is "keeps setting new, increasingly harsh and obviously unacceptable requirements", while North Korean "leadership and its head Comrade Kim Jong Un have repeatedly expressed their intention to resolve all the existing differences by peaceful means";

🌏 No matter how hard Western tried, "all their attempts to contain or isolate Russia have failed".

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🔒 🇪🇸 🇮🇱 Previously, Spain denied port of call to a ship carrying arms to Israel

🔶️ El Pais newspaper said the Danish-flagged ship was carrying 27 tons of explosive material from Madras in India to the port of Haifa in Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/spain-denies-port-of-call-to-ship-carrying-arms-to-israel/