In This Issue:

- Leading the News

- United States – Africa Relations

- North Africa

- East Africa

- West Africa

- Sub - Saharan Africa

- General Africa News

- Excerpt from Leading the News:

Tunisia:

On March 18th, unidentified gunmen wearing military uniforms opened fire on visitors at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia. According to initial reports, at least 19 people were killed in the ambush, including 17 foreign tourists, a local museum worker, and a security official, and 22 others were injured, making the incident Tunisia’s worst terrorist attack in more than a decade. According to Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid, two assailants were killed, but three other gunmen fled the scene. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but it has railed concern the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s (ISIL) is expanding its operations in North Africa. It is believed the militants may have initially intended to target the Tunisian parliament as it debated an anti-terrorism law.