Africa

Algerian counter-terrorism troops on Monday killed two terrorists and captured two others in the locality of Dellys, in the province of Boumerdes, 70 km eastern Algiers, said Defense Ministry in a statement.

Algeria will work, during its term as chair of the Arab Foreign Ministers Council, for the reform of the Arab League and the peaceful settlement of Arab crises, through inclusive dialogue, the relaunch of political process and national reconciliation, said Tuesday in Cairo Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and …

Minister of Maghreb Affairs, the African Union and the Arab League Abdelkader Messahel said Algeria pursued its effort to find a solution to the crisis in Libya, highlighting Algeria’s experience in national reconciliation.

The Algerian Minister of Maghreb, AU and Arab League Affairs Abdul Gader Msahel has said that his country had adopted three axses in anticipation of the tripartite summit of Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. The three axses were designed to narrow the gap between Libyan antagonists, in a bid to find …

Tunisian military units clashed on Tuesday with some jihadists and killed two of them in Kasserine, central west of Tunisia, a medical source said. A soldier was also slightly injured, said the source at the regional hospital of Kasserine. Tunisian defense ministry said that the military operation is still in …

India and Tunisia identified terrorism as the most dangerous menace to prosperity and international stability as Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar held bilateral talks with the top leadership of the North African country.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya ‘UNSMIL’ has welcomed the ceasefire agreement regarding the events in Abu Salim neighborhood in Tripoli. The Head of UNSMIL Martin Kobler paid tribute, in a statement on Saturday, to efforts of the Presidency Council and the notables of Tarhuna and Gharyan as well …

Algeria’s ambassador to Egypt and permanent delegate to the Arab League Nadir Larbaoui highlighted Tuesday in Sharm El Sheikh the role of national reconciliation initiated by President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. In his address before participants in the Arab forum on …

The next meeting of Libya’s neighbouring countries would be held in Algiers by the end of March, announced Wednesday Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel. “The next meeting of Libya’s neighbouring countries will take place in Algeria by the end of March,” Messahel told the …

Malian soldiers and former Tuareg rebels have staged their first joint patrol in northern Mali, a key step in a 2015 peace agreement meant to help calm a region under threat from multiple extremist and other armed groups. As helicopters with the UN peacekeeping mission hovered overhead last week, 50 …