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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi extended by three months the state of emergency imposed in parts of the restive northern Sinai, MENA news agency run by the state reported Wednesday. The decree also imposes a nighttime curfew in certain regions 19:00 (1700 GMT) and 6:00 (0400 GMT), except for the …
Read More »FROM SYKES-PICOT TO OBAMA-PUTIN: POWER ACTORS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Case Study: The migration wave and the Schengen agreement Most of the observers of the Middle East have become used to the talk about a new Middle East. They did so after the Camp David accords, the Oslo Agreements and most recently the Arab Spring. In the end, it resulted …
Read More »Holland still promises 360 million euros in aid for Mali
French President Francois Hollande made the announcement as he welcomed his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta at the start of an official two-day visit to Paris. After a formal dinner at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday the pair took part in an international conference at the headquarters of the Organization …
Read More »Boko Haram clash with Cameroon army
Douala – Fighters group Boko Haram in Nigeria clashed with soldiers in neighboring Cameroon Friday after raiding a village in a remote border region that humanitarian groups turns into a war zone. The militant Islamist fighters attacked Kerala Far North Zone of Cameroon Thursday afternoon, killing at least 12 people, …
Read More »Attacks in Central African Republic can be war crimes
New York – The UN Security Council condemns the recent upsurge in violence and instability in the Central African Republic and said some attacks may constitute war crimes. Central African Republic broke out in the widespread sectarian violence after Muslim rebels Seleka overthrew President in 2013 and Balaka anti-Christian militia …
Read More »Libya: negotiations continue despite the rejection of the UN peace plan
After the rejection of the peace plan presented by the UN, Bernardino Leon, UN envoy for Libya, said Wednesday that the negotiating process would still continue to try to get the country out of chaos. “The process [of negotiations] will continue. The political solution is the only alternative, “said, October …
Read More »Americans to wage-ops against Boko Haram in Nigeria
Washington – The United States to conduct surveillance and intelligence operations against Boko Haram in Nigeria, sources familiar with the plan told AFP on Friday a major escalation of the role of Washington in the fight against the group Islamist. The operations will be conducted as part of the recently …
Read More »Darfour: Khartoum bloque des livraisons destinées à la Minuad
Le gouvernement soudanais bloque la livraison de fournitures essentielles, dont des rations, aux soldats de la mission de paix conjointe ONU-Union africaine (Minuad) au Darfour, a affirmé mercredi à des journalistes l’ambassadeur britannique à l’ONU Matthew Rycroft. “Nous sommes inquiets de constater que le gouvernement du Soudan empêche la Minuad …
Read More »Algeria, Sudan welcomes agreement on the formation of the unity government in Libya
ALGIERS Algeria and Sudan welcomed the announcement by the UN envoy to Libya on an agreement on the formation of a national unity government in Libya, according to a joint statement issued at the end the visit of the Sudanese President Omar Hassan El Bashir to Algeria. “The two sides …
Read More »France says it discuss new UN sanctions list for Central Africa
Paris – France said on Thursday it was working with its partners in the UN Security Council to impose new sanctions on individuals who threaten the peace and political transition block in the Central African Republic (CAR). Car has been in turmoil since Muslim fighters briefly seized Seleka power in …
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