New York – UN peacekeepers in Mali should have a mandate to confront terrorist groups threatening a fragile process, the West African country’s foreign minister said on Monday. Abdoulaye Diop said Malian security forces are on the front lines in the battle against terrorist groups but “cannot by themselves confront …

Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday asked for Algiers’ help in speeding up the repatriation of rejected Algerian asylum seekers to their country of origin. Berlin and Algiers have in place a mutual agreement governing expulsions of their citizens, “but we have to ensure that it works properly,” …

Seven people were killed on January 10 in an attack by members of Islamist group Boko Haram in Madagali in north-eastern Nigeria, reported AFP on Tuesday the police and a local official. Another attack conducted by members of Boko Haram took place Sunday night at Madagali, a remote town north …

The Europeans officials Friday urged Libyan from all sides to accelerate the establishment of a national unity government, a day after two deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State Group (EI). The head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini promised to support, including financially, Libya in the fight against terrorism, saying …

The coordinator of a murderous attack in November in a suburb of Beirut and claimed by the Islamic State Group (EI) was arrested on Sunday, told AFP a source of security services. This double suicide bombing had 44 dead and 240 injured Nov. 12 in a crowded shopping street in …

Goma – Fourteen people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, in an attack blamed on rebels from neighbouring Rwanda, local authorities and the military said on

Benghazi – A suicide bomber killed six people, including a child on Thursday at a checkpoint in a Libyan oil region that has been shaken by a recent jihadist assault, the Red Crescent said. “I am at the morgue where six bodies from the site of the attack were brought, …

Juba – South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday named 50 lawmakers from the rebel movement and agreed to share ministerial posts with his rivals in line with a peace deal aimed at ending a two-year civil war. Kiir announced the appointment of 50 members of parliament named by the …

Egypt’s top appeals court upheld on Saturday a three-year prison sentence for ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons for corruption. It was not immediately clear, however, how long Mubarak would remain in detention. Both of his sons were set free in October with time served taken into account.

Cairo – Egypt’s first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has convened. The assembly, elected in November and December, is also the first elected chamber since el-Sisi, as military chief, led the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in 2013 following …