Three Malian soldiers died after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device and another soldier was killed in an attack in Mali’s north on Thursday, officials said. Three other soldiers were wounded after the army vehicle hit the explosive device about 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Gao on the …

The Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, voted on Thursday with a large majority to extend the mission of German Bundeswehr, the national defense force, in Mali until 31 January, 2017. The Bundestag also approved with a large majority of the deployment of up to 650 German soldiers …

Algeria yesterday called for the formation of the Libyan national unity government to be accelerated, considering this “very important due to the dangerous situation at all levels in the country,” the Anadolu Agency reported. In the wake of a meeting with the UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler, Algerian Minister …