Five United Nations peacekeepers were killed and one other seriously injured in an ambush in central Mali on Sunday, the United Nations said. A convoy of soldiers in the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was attacked 30 kilometres) west of Sevaré, the UN said.

Egypt will receive its first amphibious assault helicopter carrier Mistral from France on Thursday, Youm7 reported the Egyptian Ministry of Defense. The warship will be named after late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egyptian Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi will raise the Egyptian flag on it in French Mediterranean submarine …

Algerian counterterrorism troops killed eight armed militants Wednesday in the eastern province of Setif, the Algerian Defense Ministry said. “A joint security unit managed on Wednesday overnight to ambush a terrorist group in the locality of Guelta Zarka in the upper woods of Setif, killing eight terrorists,” the source said …