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US fighter aircraft carried out Monday night three airstrikes targeting houses in Al-Firda, Brak Al-Shatti, southern Libya, said the spokesman of the Third Force appointed to secure the southern region, Mohammed Gliwan.
Read More »Algeria Undertakes Military Exercise Near Moroccan Border
The Algerian army has undertaken a four-day military training exercise south of Tindouf under the supervision of Gaid Salah, Chief of Staff of the Algerian army. For the second time this year, the National Popular Army (ANP) of Algeria carried out a live fire training exercise in an area dubbed …
Read More »Egyptian-Tunisian partnership meetings to take place in Cairo in 2017
Egyptian-Tunisian partnership meetings will take place in Cairo in the first quarter of 2017, according to the recommendations adopted by the Tunisian-Egyptian Joint Chamber and published on Thursday in a press release by the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA). The Chamber, which met on Wednesday ahead of …
Read More »Sudan renews support to the national accord government
The Sudanese president ‘Omar Basher’ , has renewed his country’s support to the national accord government ‘NAG’ , and his rejection to “any foreign intervention in the internal affairs of Libya”. In the closed session of the African summit and Libya neighboring countries held in Addis Ababa , president Basher …
Read More »UN appoints new deputy head of Libya mission
The United Nations has appointed a new deputy head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to succeed Jordan Ali H. Al-Za’tari. Maria do Valle Ribeiro is to take over from Al-Za’tari. Ribeiro has around 30 years’ experience in the UN and working in international NGOs and has served …
Read More »Malta hosts UN-led political dialogue on Libya
Malta is hosting a Libyan political dialogue meeting which is being held under the auspices of the United Nations, together with the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler. Foreign Affairs Minister George Vella, who addressed the meeting this morning, was quoted in a ministry press …
Read More »Algeria to increase Morocco border surveillance
The Algerian government has decided to employ more sophisticated means to monitor its borders with Morocco by creating a system of technical surveillance and electronic borders, an official from the Ministry of Justice announced yesterday, Algeria’s state-run APS reported. “Both mobile and fixed means will be in place for securing …
Read More »Nigerian troops disarm dynamite on oil pipeline, twice recently
A community leader says Nigerian security forces are trying to disarm explosives planted on a state-owned oil pipeline that has been attacked by militants twice recently. Dickson Ogugu, chairman of the Batan community, said the militants fled the pipeline after a shootout with armed guards. The militants then dynamited a …
Read More »Kenya peacekeepers begin withdrawal from South Sudan
The first of around 1 000 Kenyan soldiers returned from South Sudan on Wednesday as the government followed through on a threat to withdraw from the UN peacekeeping mission. The first batch of 100 troops landed in Nairobi a week after Kenya said it would pull out in protest at …
Read More »ICC: Libya will be top priority in 2017
The International Criminal Court is committed to making Libya a priority next year and expanding investigations, potentially including alleged serious crimes by the extremist Islamic State group and its affiliates, the prosecutor said on Wednesday. Fatou Bensouda told the UN Security Council that her commitment is the result of a …
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