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April, 2017

  • 3 April

    Tunisia, Sudan sign agreements to enhance cooperation

    Sudan and Tunisia on Thursday signed 22 agreements, executive programs and Memoranda of Understanding to enhance cooperation between the two sides. The operation agreements, signed during meetings of the joint Sudanese-Tunisian Higher Committee, include areas of health, tourism, occupational training and operation, technical education and agriculture.

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  • 3 April

    Kobler meets Libyan military commanders in Cairo

    The United Nations Envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, gathered in Cairo, on Monday, with Libyan military commanders and diplomats to talk about the ways of activating the Libyan political operation. Kobler said, on his Twitter account, that a great exchange of ideas in Egypt with diplomatic and military leaders on …

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  • 3 April

    US pledges support for Egypt in fight against terrorism

    US President Donald Trump told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday that he strongly backs Sisi’s leadership and that they would work together to fight militants. “I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President Sisi.

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  • 3 April

    Armed men killed at least 50 in CAR

    At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured since Tuesday after armed men attacked three villages in the central Bambari region of the Central African Republic, local residents who fled their homes said. Prosper Tchoulekrayo, who escaped from Yasseneme village, said the attackers had “fired indiscriminately on …

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  • 3 April

    Algeria: 15 terrorists arrested or killed by Army in March

    Eleven (11) terrorists were eliminated, four others were arrested and one surrendered in March during various counterterrorism and border security-related operations carried out by the People’s National Army (ANP). Following these operations, the Army discovered a body of one terrorist, arrested 22 individuals supporting terrorist groups and destroyed 42 shelters …

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  • 3 April

    UN urges new efforts to defeat Boko Haram

    The UN Security Council called for stepped up efforts on Friday to defeat Boko Haram insurgents and Islamic State extremists in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region and tackle the humanitarian crisis that has left millions facing hunger and possible famine. A resolution adopted unanimously by the UN’s most powerful …

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  • 3 April

    New jihadist alliance claims border attack in Mali

    A new jihadist alliance claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack that killed three members of Mali’s security forces on March 29, according to a statement released by jihadist monitoring group SITE. Three Malian jihadist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links recently joined forces to create the “Group to Support Islam …

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  • 3 April

    Mali opposition close to joining key peace summit

    Mali’s opposition on Saturday took tentative steps towards ending its boycott of a political summit enshrined in the country’s 2015 peace deal after the government extended a deadline to facilitate extra talks. Opposition parties were the last holdout after former rebels who had led several uprisings against the state in …

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  • 3 April

    Egypt military says top Islamist killed in Sinai

    Egypt’s military said on Sunday a founder of a militant faction in North Sinai that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group was killed in an air strike. A total of 18 “extremely dangerous” insurgents were killed and others wounded in raids carried out on March 18, it said.

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March, 2017

  • 30 March

    French FM talks Arab nations over Libya tensions

    French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has undertaken multiple contacts this week with a number of Arab nations concerning the rising tensions in Libya, Ayrault’s press office said on Thursday. In a statement, France said that it continues to work for “a political compromise between the different Libyan parties” but that …

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