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Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler discussed on Monday with Algerian officials in Algiers progress of the political process and security situation in Libya in the grip of violence. Following his meeting with the Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, the African Union …
Read More »Algeria calls on Libya unity government to be formed quickly
Algeria yesterday called for the formation of the Libyan national unity government to be accelerated, given the “very important because of the unsafe at all levels in the country,” the Anadolu Agency reported. Following a meeting with the UN envoy for Libya Martin Kobler, Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, the …
Read More »Four soldiers killed in north Mali
Three Malian soldiers died after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device and another soldier was killed in an attack in Mali’s north on Thursday, officials said. Three other soldiers were wounded after the army vehicle hit the explosive device about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Gao on the …
Read More »German parliament extends mandate of defense force in Mali
The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, voted on Thursday with a large majority to extend the mission of German Bundeswehr, the national defense force, in Mali until 31 January, 2017. The Bundestag also approved with a large majority of the deployment of up to 650 German soldiers …
Read More »Algeria calls for Libyan unity government to be formed quickly
Algeria yesterday called for the formation of the Libyan national unity government to be accelerated, considering this “very important due to the dangerous situation at all levels in the country,” the Anadolu Agency reported. In the wake of a meeting with the UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler, Algerian Minister …
Read More »UN, Algeria discuss dangers facing violence-ridden Libya
Special representative and head of UN Support Mission in Libya Martin Kobler discussed on Monday with Algerian officials in Algiers the progress of the political process and the security situation in the violence-ridden Libya. Following his meeting with Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, the African Union and the Arab League, …
Read More »Nigeria: 85 dead in attack Boko Haram Saturday near Maiduguri (official figures)
At least 85 people were killed in the attack which struck Saturday near a town of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, according to a new toll announced Monday by the Health responsible for this region. Suspected militants of the Islamist group Boko Haram attacked Dalori, about ten kilometers from Maiduguri, capital …
Read More »South Sudan government troops have left 50 people die in a container
The South Sudanese government troops killed in October 2015 fifty people by letting them suffocate in a cargo container placed in full sun, in a report established a group of international observers. This crime, committed in the northern state of Unity, one of the main battlegrounds of the civil war …
Read More »Chad: 3 dead and 56 injured in two suicide attacks
Two suicide attacks killed Sunday three dead and 56 injured in two Chadian villages in the Lake Chad region, regular target of attacks by the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram Has it learned from security sources Sunday. The first attack targeted the village of Guié, where a suicide bomber on a …
Read More »Central Africa: France wants to end its Sangaris operation in 2016
France hopes to end its military operation in Central Sangaris in 2016, said Sunday Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. “The goal is that Sangaris operation as such, military operation is stopped,” he told the Grand Jury RTL / LCI / Le Figaro quoting the “democratic process” underway Central and the …
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