ABUJA, NIGERIA — Security analysts are praising ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, for activating its regional standby force but remain doubtful about its effectiveness following the recent withdrawal of three member states. Nigerian
On Feb. 24, the Moroccan counterterror agency broke up a terrorist cell calling itself “the Lions of the Caliphate in the Maghreb Al Aqsa.” Authorities said the group was making remote-controlled bombs to carry out attacks