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Militants from the Islamic State group have barricaded themselves in the centre of their stronghold in Libya’s coastal city of Sirte, hoping to draw militias fighting to dislodge them into a protracted street battle, a spokesperson for the fighters loyal to the UN-backed government said on Sunday. Brigadier General Mohammed …

Nigeria says it has agreed to Cameroon’s voluntary return of 80 000 Nigerian refugees who have fled the Boko Haram Islamic insurgency. Nigerian officials had said Cameroon was threatening to force the repatriation. Cameroon previously has dumped thousands on the border.

Eritrea on Monday accused arch-rival Ethiopia of attacking its heavily militarised border, but officials in Addis Ababa said they had no knowledge of the reported fighting. Ethiopia on Sunday “unleashed an attack against Eritrea on the Tsorona Central Front,” Eritrea’s ministry of information said in a statement. Ethiopian government spokesperson …

The EU decided Monday to increase the budget of its mission called EUCAP Sahel Mali by 4. 92 million euro, bringing the total budget of the mission for 2016 to 19 million euro following security incidents in Bamako. This will enhance the ability of the mission to support Malian security …

Eleven people including seven policemen and four civilians were killed and 36 others wounded in a car bomb attack on police bus this morning in Istanbul. Tunisia, on Tuesday, condemned the terrorist attack that targeted this morning Beyazit Square district in the Turkish city of Istanbul and claimed the lives …

Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government on Thursday announced that they had captured a town near Sirte following a month-long military operation aimed at retaking the north-central city from the Daesh terrorist group. In a Facebook post, the unity government said its forces had managed to “liberate” the coastal …

In Libya, Daesh is battling to hold on to its stronghold of Sirte after forces aligned with the new unity government advanced on the city. Security sources said they made ground in the eastern and southern outskirts, taking control of at least one military camp. This hasn’t been confirmed. A …

Four (04) terrorists were killed Wednesday, in Medea, by a detachment of the People’s National Army (ANP) in an operation that is still ongoing said, Thursday, the ministry of National Defence in a communiqué.

Algeria, through the spokesman of Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, “strongly” condemned the double terrorist attacks that targeted the Iraqi capital on Thursday. Algeria also expressed its solidarity with the Iraqi people.

About 2 000 troops from regional military powerhouse Chad headed to neighbouring Niger on Wednesday, where Boko Haram insurgents inflicted heavy losses in the town of Bosso last week, a military source said.