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Bangui was paralyzed all day Monday through barricades erected in its main roads, in a climate of extreme tension after a weekend of deadly violence accompanied by looting. Three protesters were killed and seven injured in mid-day by peacekeepers firing of the United Nations Mission in CAR (minusca), responsible for …
Read More »Burkina: the coup ended, the army remains divided
With the failed putsch of September 17 in Burkina Faso, the army was a huge earthquake that led to the dissolution of the elite unit coup and the emergence of a young guard who forced the hand to Staff for keeping the army on the side of the people. An …
Read More »Burkina: the former putschists "refuse" to pursue disarmament
The former Presidential Security Regiment (RSP), the elite unit of the Burkinabe army and author of a failed coup against the transitional government, “refuses” to continue the disarmament, announced Monday the General Staff of the army. The side of the RSP, it ensures that the loyalist army commitments are not …
Read More »DRC: Thirteen dead in an attack on a convoy carrying the pay of civil servants in the South Kivu
Thirteen people were killed in the eastern DRC during the attack on their convoy, which was carrying about 40,000 dollars for adjusting the balance of civil servants. According to the Congolese Minister of the Economy, Modeste Bahati, the attack took place Sunday, September 27 in the afternoon in the district …
Read More »Tunisia sends mission to assess security at civilian airports in Libya
A Tunisian mission will soon be sent to Libya to assess the security situation in the Libyan civil airports, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The mission involves the airports of “Lobruk”, “Tobruk”, “Misurata” and “Mitiga,” said the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Mokhtar Chaouachi TAP.
Read More »Burkina coup leaders sign deal with army to stand down
Burkina Faso coup leaders agreed to return to their barracks and said they would restore the deposed president to power, signing a deal with the army that apparently defused a tense standoff sparked by last week’s putsch. The breakthrough came late on Tuesday after marathon talks in Nigeria’s Abuja, where …
Read More »Burkina Faso president 'back in charge' after coup
Burkina Faso’s interim president Michel Kafando, who was taken hostage during a coup a week ago, said he was back in power and had restored a civilian transitional government. “I have returned to work,” he said in a brief speech to journalists at the foreign ministry in the capital on …
Read More »Egypt military winds down campaign against ISIS in Sinai
Egypt’s military announced on Wednesday it was winding down its largest campaign in the Sinai against Islamists, following a 16-day operation in which it said scores of Islamic State group jihadists were killed. The army said the campaign in the Sinai Peninsula had “achieved its goals” in destroying militant hideouts …
Read More »Nigerian troops capture top Boko Haram leader
The Nigerian Army captured one of the top commanders of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Wednesday, a military spokesperson said. Bulama Modu and 43 others were captured in an operation that resulted in the destruction of two “terrorist camps” at Janguoriri and Bulatori in north-eastern Nigeria, the spokesperson …
Read More »Burkina Faso coup general defies deadline
West African leaders were flying to Burkina Faso on Tuesday night to try to resolve the country’s political crisis following a coup last week. There was a tense stand-off in the capital after the coup leader refused to heed a deadline for his men to return to barracks even after …
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