Recent Posts

Gunmen attack EU mission in Mali

Bamako – Gunmen launched an attack Monday evening on the European Union military training mission’s headquarters in the Malian capital, Bamako, in what appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks on Western interests in the region. Armed forces killed at least one man, who lay outside the …

Read More »

65 Shebaab insurgents killed in Somalia

Mogadishu – Somalia security forces have killed 65 Shebaab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country’s northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday. “The fighting is almost over and the security forces are now pursuing the remnants of the militants” after five …

Read More »

Hollande to visit Egypt in mid-April

A high-level 12-member delegation from France arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to prepare for French President Francois Hollande’s upcoming visit to Egypt. Hollande is expected to visit Cairo on 18 April, a trip that was announced in December 2015. The French delegation will stay in Egypt for four days.

Read More »