New York -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants 1,100 additional peacekeepers be sent to South Sudan to help protect civilians continue to face attacks despite a peace agreement signed three months ago . Ban made the request in a report last week the Security Council that paints a pessimistic picture of …

The Malian government and former armed groups have agreed to organize a forum on peace and national reconciliation in Mali between March 27-30, 2016, to put a closure on the “Algiers peace process,” said a source during the weekend. The revelations were made by Sidi Brahim Ould Sidatt, a representative …

TRIPOLI: Aircraft attacked a convoy carrying suspected Islamic State militants near the northwestern Libyan town of Bani Walid early on Sunday, an official said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack though both the United States and Libyan government forces have launched air strikes on militants in recent months. Three …