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According to military sources, three Malian soldiers died Friday in an ambush in the Timbuktu region. The attack came the same day as that of a base of Minusma Kidal. “Three of our men died today between the towns of Timbuktu and Goundam when their vehicle fell into an ambush …
Read More »Mali: the head of the Minusma Kidal after the deadly attack against peacekeepers
The head of the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) visited Saturday peacekeepers in Kidal (north-east) the day after the attack, claimed by the jihadists of Ansar Eddine, who killed six Guinean soldiers the Minusma, did we learn from this force. The Guinean government has confirmed that six soldiers to its …
Read More »Nigeria: Thirty dead in attacks against two villages
Thirty people were killed in attacks from members of the Islamist group Boko Haram against two villages in northeast Nigeria that they looted, had said Saturday AFP armed guards. Armed attackers arrived aboard minibus and cycling in remote villages of Yakhari and Kahifa Friday night and Saturday. “The attackers killed …
Read More »Libya makes efforts in peace process
Benghazi – International attempts to end the chaos in Libya has taken a step forward on Monday a new government of national unity was proposed to lawmakers. A tip UN-backed rival Libyan factions announced the formation of the revised cabinet Sunday night, after a previous government was defeated last month …
Read More »Sissi: Egypt achieved a democratic transition
Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that his country had made a transition to democracy after years of turmoil since the uprising that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Sisi made the remarks Saturday during his speech at Egypt’s parliament for the first time since it was …
Read More »Cameroon strikes Boko Haram near border attack
Yaounde – Cameroon soldiers killed at least 27 fighters Boko Haram after the launch of a cross-border operation in the Nigerian town of Goshi which also resulted in the death of a soldier, a senior military official said Friday. At least seven other soldiers were wounded in the operation on …
Read More »Tunisia, Algeria denies military intervention in Libya
Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui and his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra reaffirmed the rejection of foreign military intervention in Libya. They called for accelerating the composition of a unity government in Tripoli to complete the establishment of the Libyan institutions. During a meeting in Algiers, the two ministers underlined the …
Read More »Algeria, Tunisia stress support for the political process in Libya
Algeria and Tunisia on Sunday stressed their support for the political process in the war-torn Libya and rejecting any military intervention to resolve the crisis in the countries of North Africa. “We urge the Libyan rivals to meet to form a government of national reconciliation based in Tripoli to address …
Read More »Chad – Senegal: The Habré trial verdict will be pronounced on May 30
The verdict in the trial of former Chadian President Hissène Habré tried in Dakar for “crimes against humanity” and whose defense called for the acquittal will be known on May 30, announced Thursday the African special tribunal it appears since July 2015. “We will end May 30, 2016 to deliver …
Read More »Nigeria: 58 dead in double suicide bombing in an IDP camp
Fifty-eight people were killed Tuesday in a double suicide attack by two female suicide bombers in a camp for people displaced by the attacks of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-east Nigeria. The head of emergency services in the state of Borno (northeast), Satomi Ahmed told AFP Wednesday …
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