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US says ready to resume air raids on Libya’s IS if GNA requests

The US has expressed readiness to resume its air attacks on IS in Libya if requested by the UN-brokered Government of National Accord. “We can resume airstrikes on IS in Libya upon the government’s call, although the militants are now in poor control of Libyan territories” The Pentagon said on …

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Somalia: over 25 soldiers dead in clashes

At least 25 soldiers were killed in weekend fighting between rival Puntland and Galmudug regional forces in the Somali town of Galkayo, military officials on both sides said Monday. “We have lost 12 men and there are more than 10 wounded,” said Puntland commander Jumale Jama Takar, while his Galmudug …

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DRC: 2 killed, dozens of peacekeepers injured

An official in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive northeast region says an unexplained grenade explosion has killed two people and injured 31 peacekeepers. Julien Paluku, governor of North Kivu province, said the explosion occurred on Tuesday morning as the peacekeepers were exercising on the outskirts of Goma, the provincial …

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