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Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Tuesday with defence and interior ministers, the armed forces’ chief of staff, and a number of top officials to discuss security developments in Egypt, specifically in the restive North Sinai governorate. “The meeting included a briefing on security developments as well as plans that …

In force since November 24, 2015, following the militant attack against a presidential guard bus, the emergency state will be extended to another three months as of March 23, according to a Presidency of the Republic press release, Tuesday. Decided by President Beji Caid Essebsi, this measure was made after …

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said Tunisia makes its expertise and potential available to Libya to help the presidential council of the government of national unity establish its institutions and play its role in the war on terror. Closing the 8th Ministerial Meeting of Libya Neighbour Countries (March 21-22 in …

Algerian army troops on Monday killed six terrorists in El Oued province, 715 km southeast of Algiers, near the border with Tunisia, Defense Ministry said in a statement. As many as five Kalashnikov submachine guns, three FMPK machine guns, an automatic pistol, two SUV vehicles and a large quantity of …

Cairo – Militants killed 13 Egyptian policemen in an attack on Saturday on a checkpoint south of northern Sinai’s provincial capital of el-Arish, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said. A Sinai-based Islamic State affiliate has claimed responsibility for the attack, according to a statement circulated on social media. The Associated Press …

Tunis – A Tunisian court has sentenced ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to 10 years in jail for abuse of power, the prosecution said on Friday, in the latest case against him. The exiled former dictator was on Thursday found guilty in absentia of “using his position to …

Tunis -The Tunisian army fought militants in the west of the country on Saturday in clashes that left a soldier wounded, the defence ministry said. “A soldier was wounded during an exchange of fire [on] Saturday morning between army units and a terrorist group at Jabal Samama” in the Kasserine …

Bamako – Gunmen launched an attack Monday evening on the European Union military training mission’s headquarters in the Malian capital, Bamako, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on Western interests in the region. Armed forces killed at least one man, who lay outside the …

Mogadishu – Somalia security forces have killed 65 Shebaab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country’s northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday. “The fighting is almost over and the security forces are now pursuing the remnants of the militants” after five …

A high-level 12-member delegation from France arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to prepare for French President Francois Hollande’s upcoming visit to Egypt. Hollande is expected to visit Cairo on 18 April, a trip that was announced in December 2015. The French delegation will stay in Egypt for four days.