Eurasia

Tunisia: forty dead in a terrorist attack at Ben Guerdane

After a first foray in Tunisia, a terrorist group came from Libya launched attacks in Ben Guerdane Monday. Among the victims were 28 attackers, according to a provisional toll. The scenario is always the same. Aboard Car 4 × 4, armed men crossed the border between Libya and Tunisia at …

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Egypt: Cairo accused Hamas of being involved in the murder of his Attorney General

Egypt on Sunday accused the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to be involved with the Muslim Brotherhood, in the attack that killed in 2015 in Cairo to the Attorney General Hisham Barakat. “This plot was executed on the orders of the Muslim Brotherhood (…) in close coordination with Hamas, which has …

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UN chief concerned about Sahel extremism

Ouagadougou – The United Nations secretary general says he is deeply concerned by attacks by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso and West Africa, urging a global response. Ban Ki-moon spoke on Thursday in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. Extremists in January attacked a café and hotel here, killing at least 30 …

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Over 150 Shebaab fighters die in US drone strike

Washington – A US drone strike on a Shebaab training camp in Somalia over the weekend killed more than 150 fighters who were planning a “large-scale” attack, the Pentagon said on Monday. Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis said the strike occurred sometime on Saturday (US time) on a camp called …

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Lamamra: Algeria won’t be involved in military intervention in Libya or elsewhere

Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra said Thursday that Algeria “will not be involved in military intervention in Libya or elsewhere,” insisting on the need for political solution to the Libyan crisis. In a statement to the press following his talks with Angolan …

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Tunisia kills 5 militants near Libyan border

Tunis – Tunisian security forces killed five militants near the Libyan border on Wednesday in a gunbattle in which one civilian also died and an army commander was wounded, the government said. Troops had been on alert after receiving reports that militants had slipped across the border over the past …

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South Sudan crisis is worsening: UN

New York – South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is catastrophic and continues to worsen as warring sides are “dragging their feet” in implementing a peace deal, the UN peacekeeping chief said Wednesday. Herve Ladsous said “tens of thousands of people have died, we’ve lost count” and some two million have been …

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Egypt, Italy and Algeria call for political solution in Libya

Cairo – Algeria, Egypt and Italy on Sunday called for a political solution in Libya, on the eve of UN-mediated talks aimed at forming a unity government in the war-torn country. Libya plunged into chaos after a 2011 Nato-backed uprising toppled and killed veteran dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with heavily armed …

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