Eurasia Press & News
Eritrea on Monday accused arch-rival Ethiopia of attacking its heavily militarised border, but officials in Addis Ababa said they had no knowledge of the reported fighting. Ethiopia on Sunday “unleashed an attack against Eritrea on the Tsorona Central Front,” Eritrea’s ministry of information said in a statement. Ethiopian government spokesperson …
Read More »EU raises budget for its security training mission in Mali
The EU decided Monday to increase the budget of its mission called EUCAP Sahel Mali by 4. 92 million euro, bringing the total budget of the mission for 2016 to 19 million euro following security incidents in Bamako. This will enhance the ability of the mission to support Malian security …
Read More »Tunisia condemns Istanbul terrorist attack
Eleven people including seven policemen and four civilians were killed and 36 others wounded in a car bomb attack on police bus this morning in Istanbul. Tunisia, on Tuesday, condemned the terrorist attack that targeted this morning Beyazit Square district in the Turkish city of Istanbul and claimed the lives …
Read More »Pro-govt forces take town near Libya’s Sirte from Daesh
Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government on Thursday announced that they had captured a town near Sirte following a month-long military operation aimed at retaking the north-central city from the Daesh terrorist group. In a Facebook post, the unity government said its forces had managed to “liberate” the coastal …
Read More »Libyan forces clash with Daesh on southeast border of Sirte
In Libya, Daesh is battling to hold on to its stronghold of Sirte after forces aligned with the new unity government advanced on the city. Security sources said they made ground in the eastern and southern outskirts, taking control of at least one military camp. This hasn’t been confirmed. A …
Read More »Algeria: four terrorists killed Wednesday in Medea
Four (04) terrorists were killed Wednesday, in Medea, by a detachment of the People’s National Army (ANP) in an operation that is still ongoing said, Thursday, the ministry of National Defence in a communiqué.
Read More »Algeria "strongly" condemns double terrorist attacks in Bagdad
Algeria, through the spokesman of Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, “strongly” condemned the double terrorist attacks that targeted the Iraqi capital on Thursday. Algeria also expressed its solidarity with the Iraqi people.
Read More »Chad sends 2000 troops to Niger after Boko Haram attack
About 2 000 troops from regional military powerhouse Chad headed to neighbouring Niger on Wednesday, where Boko Haram insurgents inflicted heavy losses in the town of Bosso last week, a military source said.
Read More »UN: Rebels kidnap dozens of civilians in DRC
Nearly 100 people have been kidnapped in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during an attack blamed on Uganda’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, the United Nations (UN) said on Wednesday. Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Amouzou Codjo, spokesperson for the UN’s MONUSCO peace mission in DR Congo, said the suspected LRA members had …
Read More »Militants raid Ethiopian base in latest Somalia attack
Al-Shabaab fighters attacked an Ethiopian army base in central Somalia in the latest raid targeting foreign soldiers, deployed as part of an African Union force in the country, on Thursday. The al-Qaeda linked militants attacked the base in Halgan in Hiran region, using a suicide car bomber and gunmen but …
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