Eurasia

The UN Security Council on Wednesday demanded armed groups in the Central African Republic immediately halt fighting and join peace talks after the UN airstrikes targeted rebel fighters. The UN attack helicopters opened fire over the weekend on gunmen advancing on the central city of Bambari.

Rival powers in Libya have agreed to form a committee to explore amending a UN-backed deal to end the country’s political turmoil, Egypt announced on Wednesday after hosting talks. The head of Libya’s unity government Fayez al-Sarraj and rival army chief Marshal Khalifa Haftar had been in Cairo this week …

Egypt’s chief-of-staff has mediated between two Libyan rivals who refused to meet face to face in Cairo but later agreed to form a committee to renegotiate a UN peace deal. Colonel Tamer el-Rifai, an Egyptian army spokesperson, says the two – the head of Libya’s UN-backed government, Fayez Serraj, and …

Tunisian Foreign minister Khamis Al Jheinawi discussed with the UN Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler developments in Libya. The meeting between Kobler and Jheinawi dealt with efforts being made by Tunisia in collaboration with Libya’s neighboring countries to push for a political settlement, and encourage Libyans of all political affiliations …

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry received a phone call from the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Tuesday to discuss the latest updates regarding the situation in Syria. De Mistura informed Shoukry about the results and details of the ceasefire and truce talks …

The leader of the eastern forces of Operation Dignity, which is an operation appointed by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), Khalifa Haftar, refused to meet the Government of National Accord’s Prime Minister, Fayez Al-Sirraj, in Cairo, Egypt. The meeting, according to Egyptian sources, was scheduled to be held on …

Cooperation between Algerian and Malian police is to be boosted, said Monday Mali’s Minister of Security and Civil Protection, Salif Traore, who is on a working visit to Algeria. “I am reassured that cooperation between Algerian and Malian police will go further,” said the Malian official, who paid a visit …

The forces of Algerian Army had raised the full alert in the border area between Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya to prevent any attempt of infiltration of terrorist groups, especially after the return of many fighters of Daesh to their original countries. The Algerian Defense Ministry said that it had recorded …

Egypt’s army on Tuesday announced the release of 13 Egyptians kidnapped in eastern Libya, which has been plagued by chaos and security problems since 2011. Army spokesperson Colonel Tamer al-Rifai said in a statement the 13 “were abducted by an armed criminal group in the Ajdabiya region”.

The UN human rights office said on Tuesday it is “deeply concerned” about reports that more than 100 people have been killed in clashes between Congolese soldiers and militia fighters mainly armed with machetes and spears. If confirmed, the UN said, it “would suggest excessive and disproportionate use of force …