Eurasia

The Malian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency, a day after an attack in the centre of the country left 17 soldiers dead and 35 wounded. The government said the state of emergency would last “for a duration of 10 days” following the attack at at an army …

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said on Thursday his country was serious about pushing forward peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. “Egypt’s recent serious effort aims to break the deadlock that has hung over peace efforts,” he said in a speech broadcast live on state TV.

Mali’s justice ministry announced on Thursday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of 17 soldiers killed in an attack on their base, as Malians observed the first of three days of mourning. The government declared a state of emergency after two groups – one jihadist, the other ethnic …

The UN refugee agency reports that 26 000 people have fled South Sudan to Uganda this month. Andreas Needham, spokesperson for the UN refugee agency, said on Friday that thousands of South Sudanese have left their country since fighting erupted on July 7 between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir …

Libya’s government has summoned the French ambassador amid concern over the French military presence in the country. Three French officers were killed last week in eastern Libya, and the French government acknowledged that special forces are operating there as part of Western efforts to support the unity government.

The UN’s special envoy on Libya on Tuesday called on all the country’s armed groups to unite against ISIS. “The fight against Daesh, which is the number one enemy, must be a Libyan fight and a united fight,” said Martin Kobler, using an Arabic acronym for ISIS, after meeting French …

President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday three French soldiers were killed in a helicopter accident in Libya during an intelligence-gathering mission in the North African state. They are the first confirmed Western military casualties since it became known this year that special forces were operating on the ground in Libya. …

China delivered a stealth corvette to the Algerian Navy last week, marking a new high in the nation’s export of military ships. The C28A-class guided missile corvette was commissioned by the Algerian Navy on July 12 at a port of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai, becoming the third of its …

Algeria has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a military camp in Nampala, Mali, on Tuesday, the spokesman of the ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. “We strongly condemn the terrorist attack perpetrated Tuesday against a military camp in Nampala, Mali,” Abdelaziz Benali Cherif said.

South Sudan has topped the peace and security agenda at the recent African Union summit, with leaders looking for a “quick solution” to the recent outbreak of violence there. AU peace and security commissioner Smail Chergui told journalists, following the end of the AU summit on Monday, that heads of …