November, 2016

• 22 November

  US, Algeria discuss Libya’s political stalemate in Algiers

  The Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, African Union and the Arab League, Abdelkader Messahel, met Monday with the US ambassador in Algeria Joan A. Polaschik to discuss the situation in Libya.

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• 22 November

  Kenya police kill 4 suspected extremists at Somali border

  A Kenyan official says police officers killed four suspected extremists at the Somali border, a region hard-hit by recent attacks by the Somali extremist group al-Shabab. North Eastern Regional Coordinator Mohamud Saleh said on Sunday that police killed the men while ambushing a group of about 20 suspected members of …

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• 22 November

  Egypt court quashes one of Morsi life sentences

  An Egyptian appeals court on Tuesday quashed one of two life sentences handed down against ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi since his 2013 overthrow, his lawyer and a judicial source said. It is the second appeals victory in a week for Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood movement has been blacklisted and …

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• 22 November

  Libya unity forces say closing on Sirte jihadists

  Forces loyal to Libya’s government of National Accord said on Monday that they are closing in on the last Islamic State group fighters in the coastal city of Sirte. The pro-GNA forces said they managed to dislodge ISIS fighters from a fortified school in the Al-Giza Al-Bahriya district that the …

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• 22 November

  Six soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

  An attack by Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists against a Lake Chad army base manned by an anti-insurgent regional force has left six Cameroonian soldiers dead, a military source said on Tuesday. “Boko Haram attacked a base of the Mixed Multinational Force on the island of Darak [on Lake Chad] at …

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• 18 November

  Algiers hosts 5+5 Defense Initiative meeting

  Senior army officials from the 5 + 5 Defense Initiative met on Tuesday in Algiers to assess the progress of the 2016 action plan and finalize the 2017 plan. The 5 + 5 Defense Initiative includes five Maghreb countries: Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania and five EU countries: France, …

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• 18 November

  20 LNA soldiers dead in Benghazi fighting

  At least 20 members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) have been killed and 40 injured in two days of fighting in the eastern city of Benghazi, a hospital official said on Wednesday. The clashes come as the LNA, a force loyal to the country’s eastern government, tries to extend …

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• 18 November

  Egypt stresses support for Lebanon's stability

  Visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Wednesday conveyed a message of support for Lebanon’s stability from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to newly-elected President Michel Aoun. During their meeting in Beirut, Shoukry invited the Lebanese president to visit Egypt.

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• 18 November

  Egyptian forces kill 23 militants in restive Sinai

  At least 23 militants were killed during security force raids in three cities of the restive northeastern North Sinai province, Egyptian Defense Ministry announced in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, the operations killed 13 militants in the city of Arish and 10 in Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid. …

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• 18 November

  EU pledges over $740 mln in aid to CAR

  The European Union (EU) on Thursday pledged more than 700 million euros (about 744 million U.S. dollars) in aid to the Central African Republic (CAR) , a poor country coming out of one of the worst conflicts in its history. The pledges were made at the Brussels International Conference for …

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