ALGIERS- The Secretary General of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), Bilal Ag Acharif called Monday in Algiers to speed up the implementation of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement in Mali. “We should work at faster pace for the implementation of the Agreement. We didn’t come here to put the …

Ouagadougou – In the wake of a weekend attack that left up to 32 dead, security was beefed up across Burkina Faso’s capital on Monday as businesses and banks reopened. The West African nation also announced a joint effort with Mali in the fight against jihadi elements in the West …

Juba – A group of armed soldiers has urged opposition leaders in South Sudan to force President Salva Kiir to reverse a decree for the establishment of 28 states in the country, The Nile Times has reported. Kiir announced the states in December, in a move described as “wrong” by …

Khartoum – The UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur said on Sunday it is “deeply concerned” about an surge in fighting between government forces and rebels in the conflict-hit western region. The Unamid mission said it was “deeply concerned about ongoing fighting between government forces and armed movements in the …

To defuse the deadlock in the implementation of the peace agreement in Mali, Alger convene the various parties to a high-level emergency meeting on 18 and 19 January. Algeria, the leader of mediation in the Malian crisis, convened for 18 and 19 January in Algiers an emergency meeting at ministerial …

The military prosecution requested Thursday two years imprisonment against General Nouhou Thiam, former Chief of General Staff of the Armed under the Transition (December 2008 – December 2010) and five other defendants at their trial on appeal in Conakry . They had all been arrested following the attack on July …

New York – Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Charles Koffi Diby urged the UN Security Council on Monday to approve “in the coming days,” an international force to confront extremist groups in northern Mali. At a debate in the Council over the situation in the Sahel, which neighbors Mali, Diby stressed …

Algiers – The Algerian army killed a total of 109 terrorists, the term used by the government for armed Islamist fighters and arrested another 36 in 2015, a defence ministry toll published on Monday said. Troops also seized explosives, assault rifles, rocket

Germany is considering sending more than 100 troops to train the armed forces of Libya, which is in turmoil due to rival political administrations and Islamic State jihadist attacks, Der Spiegel magazine reported Saturday. “According to internal (government) plans German soldiers could, along with Italian colleagues, within months begin training …

Turkey will support Libyan unity and solidarity, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday. “Turkey will always take your side in the context of Libya’s economic development and reconstruction when Libya gains stability,” the premier said in an Ankara meeting with Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, from Libya’s unity government. Davutoglu …