Africa

Kinshasha – A United Nations-backed radio station says that a UN helicopter was attacked by suspected rebels in Congo’s east. A spokesperson with the UN mission in Congo, Charles Bambara, confirmed the attack near Erengeti in Beni territory in Congo’s North Kivu province. He said there were no injuries, and …

Nairobi – Kenya said it has asked the UN refugee agency to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees by July in the wake of the Garissa University massacre. “We have asked the UNHCR to relocate the refugees in three months, failure to which we shall relocate them ourselves,” a …

New York – UN peacekeepers in Mali should have a mandate to confront terrorist groups threatening a fragile process, the West African country’s foreign minister said on Monday. Abdoulaye Diop said Malian security forces are on the front lines in the battle against terrorist groups but “cannot by themselves confront …

Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday asked for Algiers’ help in speeding up the repatriation of rejected Algerian asylum seekers to their country of origin. Berlin and Algiers have in place a mutual agreement governing expulsions of their citizens, “but we have to ensure that it works properly,” …

Seven people were killed on January 10 in an attack by members of Islamist group Boko Haram in Madagali in north-eastern Nigeria, reported AFP on Tuesday the police and a local official. Another attack conducted by members of Boko Haram took place Sunday night at Madagali, a remote town north …

The Europeans officials Friday urged Libyan from all sides to accelerate the establishment of a national unity government, a day after two deadly attacks claimed by the Islamic State Group (EI). The head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini promised to support, including financially, Libya in the fight against terrorism, saying …

The coordinator of a murderous attack in November in a suburb of Beirut and claimed by the Islamic State Group (EI) was arrested on Sunday, told AFP a source of security services. This double suicide bombing had 44 dead and 240 injured Nov. 12 in a crowded shopping street in …

Goma – Fourteen people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, in an attack blamed on rebels from neighbouring Rwanda, local authorities and the military said on

Benghazi – A suicide bomber killed six people, including a child on Thursday at a checkpoint in a Libyan oil region that has been shaken by a recent jihadist assault, the Red Crescent said. “I am at the morgue where six bodies from the site of the attack were brought, …

Juba – South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Friday named 50 lawmakers from the rebel movement and agreed to share ministerial posts with his rivals in line with a peace deal aimed at ending a two-year civil war. Kiir announced the appointment of 50 members of parliament named by the …