Eurasia

Benghazi – the internationally recognized Libya parliament is expected to hold a confidence vote Tuesday on a national unity government supported by the United Nations to this country from North Africa in the grip of conflict, an MP said. Deputy Aisha al-Aquarius says lawmakers wrapped up debate Monday on the …

Tobruk – UN envoy Martin Kobler visited the headquarters of the internationally recognized parliament of Libya on Sunday to “help” with a confidence vote on a national unity government for the crisis-torn country. “The eyes of the people of Libya are on Tobruk. They expect GNA. I am here today …

Recent developments a) On February 2, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter unveiled plans to add more heavy weapons and armored vehicles to prepositioned stocks in Eastern Europe in order to give the Pentagon two brigade sets worth of heavy equipment on NATO’s eastern frontier. The White House plans to pay …

Khartoum – Some 73,000 civilians fled Marra mountains in the heart of the Darfur region in Sudan since the army launched an offensive against the rebels on 15 January, the UN said Wednesday. The world body said the move was the largest in the district in a decade and was …

Khartoum – Danish troops and rebels clashed around an army base in the state of South Kordofan agitated, both sides said on Monday, but giving contradictory versions of the fighting. North Sudan Liberation Army has been battling troops of President Omar al-Bashir in South Kordofan and Blue Nile since 2011, …

Washington – President Barack Obama says the United States continues to attack ISIS in Libya as targets are identified. Obama speaks at a news conference in California. He said the United States will go after ISIS “wherever”.

Alger – voisins d’Afrique du Nord de la Libye, de peur de descendre davantage dans le chaos du pays, prévoient une réunion d’urgence pour coordonner les contrôles aux frontières et tasser les troubles qu’ils craignent va se répandre.

Bamako – The head of the UN mission in Mali jihadists said armored vehicles to attack on the basis of the mission in Kidal that killed at least seven peacekeepers last week. Radhia Achouri told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it was the first time an armored vehicle was …

Yaounde – Cameroon’s government says its troops have resumed in northern Nigeria city of Goshi Boko Haram, killing 162 militants in a weekend operation. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary said late Monday that Cameroon special forces also released about 100 detainees held by the extremists, including Cameroonians and Nigerians. …

Manuel Valls went to Mali on Thursday and Friday and Saturday in Burkina Faso, the opportunity to exchange with the authorities of these countries recently hit by bloody attacks, but also visits to the French troops there. The Prime Minister must “ensure the continuity of the support of France” in …