Monthly Archives: June 2015

NATO worried by prospects of heavy fighting return in Ukraine

NATO’s head warned on Thursday of a risk of a return to heavy fighting in Ukraine but said it would be unwise to declare a ceasefire agreement dead, despite repeated violations, because it remained the best hope for peace. The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused pro-Russian rebels of conducting long-range …

Read More »

Algeria condemns terror attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait, Somalia and France

Algeria condemned in “the strongest terms” the terrorist attacks against a hotel in Sousse in Tunisia, a mosque in Kuwait, an AMISOM base in Mogadishu (Somalia) and a plant in France’s Isere. It also expressed solidarity with the governments and the victims’ families.

Read More »

Libyan sides discuss peace in Morocco

Officials from Libya’s rival parliaments sat down at the same table for the first time on Sunday at the latest round of UN -backed peace talks in Morocco – a move negotiators saw as an important step to forming a unity government. Libya has two governments and parliaments, with the …

Read More »

South Sudan army battles rebels for key northern town

Warring forces in South Sudan battled on Sunday over a key northern town with both rebels and the army claiming control after the latest peace talks collapsed without progress. Rebels said militia commander Johnson Olony, a notorious ex-government general accused of recruiting an army of child soldiers, was in “full …

Read More »

Southern Mali village attacked by armed militias

Armed men attacked a village in the southern Mali region of Sikasso close to the border with Ivory Coast on Sunday, defence ministry spokesperson Colonel Diaran Kone said. The attack came a day after suspected Islamist fighters attacked a town in western Mali near the border with Mauritania, leaving 12 …

Read More »

Somalian army, AU troops clash with Shabaab in port of Kismayo

At least 15 people were killed early on Monday in clashes pitting Somali and African Union troops against the Islamist group al-Shabaab near the southern port of Kismayo, officials said. Eight al-Shabaab militants were killed, said regional administration spokesperson Abdinasir Seerar. An unspecified number of security force members were also …

Read More »

Tunisia make first arrest after beach attack

Tunisia said on Monday it had made its first arrests after a beach massacre that killed 38 people, as European officials paid tribute to victims of the country’s worst jihadist attack. British Home Secretary Theresa May, speaking at the scene of Friday’s gun attack at a Tunisian holiday resort, vowed …

Read More »