Algerian counterterrorism forces on Thursday killed five armed militants in Tazoult of Batna province, 480 km southeast Algiers, Defense Ministry said in a statement. The operation is still underway. Troops have managed to retrieve machine guns and large quantity of ammunition, the source added.

A quantity of arms and munitions have been found Friday in Debdeb, Illizi (1850-km southeast of Algiers), near the country’s south-eastern border, by People’s National Army units, the ministry of National Defence said in a statement.

The Sudanese government continues to violate sanctions imposed by the Security Council over their actions in Darfur, according to a UN report. The report, written by a panel of experts found violations of the arms embargo, the use of cluster bombs by the Sudanese government and the illegal transfer of …