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42 UN troops killed in Mali since 2013

Forty-two troops from the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) have been killed – and at least 126 injured – since the mission was first deployed in 2013, according to a Friday statement issued by the UN. The statement was released following an armed ambush on a MINUSMA …

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Militia withdraws from contested northern Mali town

The United Nations mission in Mali says a government-allied militia has left a northern town it occupied last month following clashes with Tuareg separatists. In a statement on Tuesday evening, the UN mission said elements of the Platform militia coalition had withdrawn from Anefis two weeks after they first said …

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EU vows continued support to political, economic process in Tunisia

Tunisian Foreign Minister Taïeb Baccouche, who is paying a working visit to Brussels, Thursday met with European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini. He also conferred with Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

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