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Germany will send up to 650 soldiers to Mali, Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, to provide some relief to France in its global fight against the Islamic State jihadists. Von der Leyen made the announcement hours before German Chancellor Angela Merkel travels to Paris to meet President …
Read More »French soldiers die in Mali convoy blast
The lead vehicle of a convoy struck a land mine laid by extremists in northern Mali, killing three French soldiers in the deadliest single incident for the former colonizer’s forces in three years, officials said on Wednesday. About 60 vehicles were approaching the far northern town of Tessalit when the …
Read More »UN warns against slow implementation of Mali peace deal
Every day lost in the implementation of Mali’s peace agreement is a day gained for extremist and terrorist groups that have bet heavily on the failure of the process, the UN peacekeeping chief said here Tuesday. Herve Ladsous, the UN under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, stressed that the Malian government and …
Read More »Algiers, Paris willing to counter different threats in Sahel
Algeria and France have expressed Sunday in Algiers as part of the 3rd session of the Algerian-French High Level Intergovernmental Committee (CIHN), their willingness to counter the various threats, including terrorism in the Sahel-Saharan region. The two parties, concerned over the geopolitical and security situation in the Sahel-Saharan region, “have …
Read More »Algeria, US discuss solution to Libyan crisis
US Special Envoy for Libya, Jonathan Winer, underlined, Monday in Algiers, the convergence of views between his country and Algeria regarding the resolution of the crisis in Libya, stressing the willingness of the two countries to help Libya achieve reconciliation and national unity. Consultations between Algeria and the United States …
Read More »6 killed in Somalia shootings
Gunmen have killed six people in a drive-by shooting, including two Turkish hospital workers, in the latest violence to hit Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, authorities said on Thursday. “Six civilians, two of them Turkish nationals, have been killed, and six more were wounded,” said Abdifatah Omar Halane, spokesperson for the Mogadishu …
Read More »UN envoy urges Libya's new government to get to work
Libya’s new Tripoli-based government must get down to “practical work” to ensure a peaceful handover of power from the country’s many factions, the UN envoy told the Security Council on Thursday. Martin Kobler told a closed-door session of the council that he was “cautiously optimistic” about prospects for the new …
Read More »France is analyzing the possibility of reopening embassy in Libya
French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says France is considering reopening its embassy in Libya. Ayrault said on France Info radio that he would travel to Libya “as soon as the conditions are met.”
Read More »Somalia executes 2 Shebaab fighters over journalist death
Two members of Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Shebaab jihadist group were executed by firing squad on Saturday for the murder of a journalist killed by a car bomb in 2015, a judge said. Abdirisak Mohamed Barow and Hassan Nur Ali, who admitted being Shebaab members during their trial, were shot on Saturday …
Read More »Saudi king addresses Egyptian parliament
Saudi Arabia’s king has addressed the Egyptian parliament on the fourth day of a landmark visit that saw the oil-rich kingdom pledge billions of dollars in investment and aid to Egypt. In his six-minute address on Sunday, King Salman said Egypt and Saudi Arabia have agreed to build a bridge …
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