Africa

A military spokesperson says 11 people kidnapped by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been released after days of fighting. Captain Mak Hazukay Mongba said on Monday that residents of Mamundioma village were freed on Sunday near the Virunga National Park after the military intensified fighting against Allied …

The United States on Monday urged the United Nations to establish a special investigation into the murder of two UN experts who had been gathering evidence of mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo. US Ambassador Nikki Haley, in Geneva for meetings of the UN Human Rights Council, also …

France on Tuesday ruled out a military solution in Libya, reiterating commitment to dialogue to end the crisis. During a recent visit to Tunisia, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reaffirmed Paris commitment to a political solution in Libya through dialogue, Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said in a …

The Presidential Council of the UN-proposed government ordered the formation of seven military zones in Libya, naming them as: Tripoli, Benghazi, Tobruk, Sabha, Al-Kufra, Central Region, and Western Region. The ordinance that was signed by Fayez Al-Sirraj said the seven zones will be under the command of the Libyan army …

Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said he will visit Cairo on Saturday to hold talks with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry within the framework of the joint Sudanese-Egyptian political consultations committee. Ghandour on Sunday cancelled a planned trip to Cairo, saying “we told our brothers in Egypt about the postponement …

France said on Friday it wanted to re-open its embassy in Libya as soon as security conditions permit. Libyan officials claimed this week that Paris was mulling re-opening its diplomatic mission in Tripoli, but Foreign Ministry officials said that this would only come about if this could be done in …

Since late at night on Thursday and up until today evening, clashes between Operation Dignity forces backed up by air raids from Egyptian warplanes and Benghazi Defence Brigades and Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous brigades positioned in Waddan and Sokna towns in Jufra, central Libya. According to sources from Jufra, the airstrikes were …

fficials say that French soldiers deployed to Mali to fight against Islamic extremists have killed at least 20 jihadis at the country’s border with Burkina Faso. French Operation Barkhane said on Friday that activities carried out by soldiers from Sunday to Thursday in the Serma forest left 20 jihadis “out …

Three army officers and a soldier were killed in an explosion in Egypt’s Western Desert on Wednesday after a clash with militants, the military said. The incident comes days after Islamic State group jihadists gunned down 29 Christians in an attack southwest of the capital.

France says several French soldiers have been injured, including one seriously, in a mortar attack on a United Nations peacekeeping camp in Mali. The French military said in a statement that Thursday’s attack occurred in Timbuktu near the site where a French unit is based.