November, 2016

• 4 November

  Cameroon to receive more refugees from CAR in 2017: UN

  The number of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) will reach up to over 275,000 in Cameroon in 2017 due to the persistent violence in the country, the United Nations said. According to statistics, Cameroon has received 253,000 refugees from CAR so far in 2016.

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• 4 November

  Burundi threatens to withdraw peacekeepers from Somalia, CAR

  Burundi is threatening to withdraw its peacekeepers from Somalia and the Central African Republic over leadership issues and plans to pay peacekeepers directly, two Burundian ministers have told Burundian lawmakers in a plenary session. “Burundian soldiers are not given leadership positions at the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Another …

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• 4 November

  Algerian army kill two terrorists in Jijel

  Two terrorists have been killed and two Kalachnikov machine pistols were recovered by a detachment of the People’s National Army (ANP) on Friday in Jijel, said a communiqué of the National Defence Ministry (MDN). “As part of the fight against terrorism and following an ambush, an Army detachment killed, on …

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• 4 November

  Algeria, Mali "satisfied" with progress in peace agreement, resulting from Algiers process

  Algeria and Mali on Friday in Bamako, expressed “satisfaction” with the progress made in the application of the Malian peace and national reconciliation agreement, which resulted from Algiers Process. “The two parties noted with satisfaction, the progress made in the implementation of the Malian peace and national reconciliation agreement, which …

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• 4 November

  Kenya to withdraw from S Sudan after UN force head fired

  Kenya announced on Wednesday it was withdrawing from United Nations peacekeeping duties in South Sudan after the UN chief Ban Ki-moon fired the Kenyan head of the force for failing to protect civilians. Continued deployment of Kenyan troops in South Sudan “is no longer tenable”, the foreign ministry said, declaring …

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• 4 November

  UN pledges more to protect Central African civilians

  The United Nations will do “everything in its power” to prevent further atrocities in the Central African Republic, a top UN official said on Thursday at the end of a three-day visit. The UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson was addressing lawmakers in the capital Bangui a day after Human …

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• 4 November

  Morocco arrests 5 suspected of setting up ISIS training camp

  Morocco’s Interior Ministry says it has arrested five people suspected of ties with the Islamic State and of plans to carry out attacks.

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• 2 November

  Western powers discuss Libyan crisis

  President of the Presidency Council, Fayez Saraj met Tuesday in London with British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, US Secretary of State, John Kerry, Italian Foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni and representative of the French Foreign Ministry. Head of UNSMIL, Martin Kobler was also present at the meeting. Several issued were addressed …

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• 2 November

  Libyan forces continue fight for Sirte

  The Misurata-led forces have gained new foot in more areas inside the last IS spot in Sirte, the seaside Jizah neighbourhood, the media bureau of the UN-brokered Government of National Accord’s Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous operation reported Wednesday. On Facebook, the media bureau added that the Misurata-led forces had controlled new sites …

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• 2 November

  Cambodia sends 3rd group of troops to CAR

  Cambodia has dispatched the third batch of 216 peacekeepers to join a UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) Wednesday, officials said. Speaking at the departure ceremony held at Phnom Penh Military Airbase, Gen. Pol Saroeun, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, said the troops would replace …

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