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The US on Thursday delivered a batch of military hardware to Tunisia to help the North African country, which has suffered several attacks by the Islamic State (IS) group, secure its borders. Light aircraft, jeeps and communications systems were among the equipment handed over at a ceremony attended by US …
Read More »Two Malian soldiers killed in landmine explosion
Two Malian soldiers, one of them a colonel, died in an explosion on Wednesday after their vehicle stepped on a landmine in northern Mali, military sources said. The incident occurred in Gao region and left many other soldiers critically injured. The injured were admitted at Gao hospital, according the same …
Read More »Algerian security forces killed seven terrorists in Bouira
The seven terrorists killed Wednesday in Bouira by forces of the People’s National Army, have been identified, said Thursday the Algerian Ministry of National Defence in a communiqué. “As part of the fight against terrorism, the seven criminals eliminated, yesterday 11 May 2016, by an Army detachment near the locality …
Read More »Blast kills 4 security forces during a raid in Tunisia
A jihadist militant detonated his explosives belt killing four policemen during a raid by security forces in southern Tunisia on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. It said a firefight erupted between militants in the Tatouine governorate and a national guard unit acting on information from an “anti-terrorist” operation earlier the …
Read More »Hollande vows French help in restive CAR
French President Francois Hollande paid a lightning visit to the Central African Republic on Friday for talks with its new leaders on stabilising and rebuilding the restive nation, while drawing down France’s military presence. Hollande’s visit to the former French colony is sensitive because of accusations that French peacekeepers sexually …
Read More »Boko Haram leaders arrested; dozens of captives freed
The multinational forces fighting the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram have arrested five of the group’s leaders and freed dozens of captive women and children, Cameroon’s government announced on Saturday. The raids targeting Boko Haram bases in the northern Madawaya forest earlier this month freed 28 children and at least …
Read More »Major powers gather to discuss mounting ISIS threat in Libya
Major powers were gathering in the Austrian capital on Monday to discuss the expanding presence of the Islamic State jihadist group in Libya, just across the Mediterranean from Europe. A government of national unity strongly backed by the international community has been slowly asserting its authority in Tripoli since late …
Read More »Egypt: 152 protesters jailed in mass trials
Egyptian courts have in a single day convicted 152 protesters for breaking a law that effectively bans demonstrations, sentencing them to up to five years in prison in a series of short mass trials. The cases against the 152 convicted on Saturday are rooted in events on April 25, when …
Read More »Head of UN department for peacekeeping operations meets Mali president
Head of the United Nations department for peacekeeping operations on Monday held talks with Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, at the end of his four-day visit to Mali. “My visit is part of the preparations of a report that the UN secretary general will present to the UN Security Council …
Read More »Head of logistics for Malian terrorist group arrested in Bamako
Malian national, suspected of being the head of logistics and arms carrier for jihadist groups in southern Mali, was arrested last week in a Bamako suburb by the country’s police, a security source said over the weekend. According to the source, the suspect named Yacouba Toure, was pretending to be …
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