September, 2016

• 8 September

  Libya military to dismantle bombs and mines left by IS in Sirte

  Libyan forces are assisting a group of military engineers to dismantle bombs and mines left behind by ISIS fighters in recently liberated areas of Sirte. The engineers gathered old 155mm ammunition, which were heavily used by ISIS, attached to random household objects such as window fastenings and door handles. Small …

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• 8 September

  UN hails removal of chemical weapons in Libya

  UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomed on Thursday successful removal of all chemical weapons from Libya, in an operation facilitated and coordinated by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). In a statement, Ban welcomed the contribution of personnel, technical expertise, equipment, financial and other resources by Canada, …

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• 8 September

  Messahel holds talks in Cairo with Tunisian, Sudanese and Libyan FMs

  Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel held discussions, Thursday in Cairo, with the Tunisian and Sudanese Foreign ministers and Libyan Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, as well as the Arab League’s Secretary General, said the Foreign Ministry in a statement. The discussions, held on the …

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• 8 September

  CAR, Chad and Sudan leaders discuss joint border force

  Sudan, Chad and Central African Republic (CAR) leaders held talks on Wednesday over the deployment of joint border monitoring units. The meeting was held in the capital of North Darfur state El Fasher were on the sidelines of the celebrations to mark the completion of Darfur Document for Peace in …

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• 8 September

  Tunisia calls for ban on radical Islamist party

  Tunisia’s government has asked a military court to outlaw the radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir movement, which has been regularly accused of “undermining public order” since its legalisation in 2012, an official said Wednesday. “A request to ban was submitted recently. We are awaiting the decision of the military investigative judge,” …

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• 8 September

  Rival Boko Haram groups clash in Nigeria

  In-fighting has broken out in Boko Haram after the Islamic State group announced a new leader of its Nigerian affiliate, according to reports in the country’s remote northeast. IS said last month that Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the son of Boko Haram’s founder Mohammed Yusuf, had replaced Abubakar Shekau at the …

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• 7 September

  South Sudanese lawmakers call for 'restrictions' on troop deployment

  While most lawmakers in South Sudan have welcomed government’s decision to accept the deployment of a regional protection force, some lawmakers have called on conditions to be placed on such a commitmen. The South Sudanese government had initially opposed the move to have troops deployed to the region but caved …

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• 5 September

  Malian army retakes town from jihadists

  The Malian army has regained control of a central town briefly held by a hardline armed group, according to UN and Malian security sources, but the fighters have allegedly left with a local official they were keeping hostage. Boni – home to several thousand people – was seized by the …

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• 5 September

  Inter-Libyan meeting hosted in Tunis

  A new round of UN-sponsored talks on Monday and Tuesday are scheduled to take place in Tunis-Gammarth in efforts by the commission for inter-Libyan dialogue to solve the crisis in Libya. The meeting, according to a statement released by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), will focus on …

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• 5 September

  French Defense Minister warns IS could spread from Libya to Egypt and Tunisia

  The French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned Monday that it is quite likely that IS radical groups remaining in Libya would flee to Egypt or Tunisia after being pushed and defeated in their Libyan stronghold of Sirte, “We should begin to look seriously at the question of the spread …

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