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The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) agreed during a summit Monday to provide Cameroon and Chad with an emergency aid of about $100 million to combat the Boko Haram militancy. The summit was attended by the presidents of the ECCAS countries Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and …

More than 160 people suspected of having links to Boko Haram have been arrested in Niger’s border area with Nigeria which was attacked this month by the Islamist group, police in Niger have said. “We would like to warmly thank the residents of the Diffa region whose assistance has allowed us …

The fifth inclusive inter-Malian dialogue has started Monday afternoon in Algiers between Mali’s government and the representatives of the politico-military groups of northern Mali. The different parties involved in Algeria-sponsored negotiation process, which began in July 2014, have committed to reaching a peace agreement in accordance with the roadmap signed …

Despite cease-fire, intense fighting around key coal hub Debaltseve; rebels say no cease-fire around that city. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday that pro-Russian Separatist attacks are continuing in eastern Ukraine city of Debaltseve. In a statement issued by his office, Poroshenko warned that continuing attacks around the city threatened …

US President Barack Obama called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hours before a ceasefire agreement was to come into effect in troubled eastern Ukraine, affirming necessity to respect the truce. In his conversation with Poroshenko, Obama expressed “his sympathy for the mounting toll of the conflict …

The European Union Monday announced that it will give 156 million euro in humanitarian funding in 2015 to the Sahel region. This new aid has been announced by EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, who is currently on a visit to Senegal and Mali. “Sahel is …

French President Francois Hollande and his Egyptian counterpart called on Monday for the United Nations Security Council to meet over the security situation in Libya and take new measures after Egypt’s air force bombed Islamic State targets there. Hollande and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke on the telephone a …

In a nationally-televised ceremony, Egypt and France signed on Monday evening a deal whereby Cairo purchased 24 French Rafale jet fighters French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drianarrives had arrivted at Egypt’s Ittihadeya presidential palace in Cairo to seal the deal with his Egyptian counterpart Sedky Sobhi.

The Egyptian armed forces carried out an airstrike on the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ in Libya. They hit camps, training sites, and ammunition and weaponry warehouses after 21 Coptic Egyptians were killed on Saturday. The strike, conducted in the early hours of Monday “hit its targets accurately”, an armed forces statement …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Monday that his country reserves the right to respond at the proper time to the killing of 21 Coptic Egyptians in Libya by Islamic State (IS) militants. The president said that Egypt would be able to defeat terrorism because “Egypt is defending humanity”. On …