November, 2016

• 2 November

  UN urged to boost Central Africa peacekeeping mission

  Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the United Nations to boost security forces in the Central African Republic, a day after France ended its peacekeeping mission in the strife-torn country. The UN force Minusca has been left alone to combat militias terrorising civilians now that France has wrapped up …

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• 2 November

  Burkina president calls on army to remain 'neutral'

  Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Tuesday implored the country’s army to respect the “rule of law”. The impoverished, landlocked west African country has been blighted by numerous coups and mutinies since gaining independence from France in 1960.

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October, 2016

• 31 October

  Tunisia says ready to reopen Libyan embassy

  The Tunisian government has disclosed that it is ready to reopen its embassy in Tripoli if the Libyan authorities provide guarantees for the safety of the diplomatic attache. The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Khemaies Jhinaoui, said Sunday that his country was one of the first countries to recognise the Government of …

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• 31 October

  Mali: jihadist group agrees to cease-fire at request of imam

  Members of an al-Qaida-linked Islamic militant group have agreed to a cease-fire in Mali at the behest of an influential imam. A statement attributed to the group’s leader Iyad Ag Ghaly appeared on the Malijet website Sunday saying that his Ansar Dine fighters would abide by the request.

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• 31 October

  Kerry, UK Foreign Secretary discuss Libya

  US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are hosting a meeting in London designed to break Libya’s political stalemate. Monday’ session comes after the UN-backed Libyan government’s failure to win legitimacy — or to function at all — amid deep political fragmentation.

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• 31 October

  Messahel, Brauksiepe discuss Sahel situation

  Algerian-German relations and the security situation in the Sahel region were at the centre of the discussions, Monday in Algiers, between Minister of Maghreb affairs, African Union and Arab League, Abdelkader Messahel and Germany’s Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence Ralf Brauksiepe.

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• 31 October

  Libyan forces say they encircled IS in their last spot in Sirte

  The Libyan forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous operation, which is appointed by the UN-brokered Government of National Accord, said they had advanced on the last area in Sirte in which the remnants of IS militants are trapped. In a statement issued by the leadership of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous on Monday, the Libyan …

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• 31 October

  France ends CAR mission

  French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian heads to the Central African Republic (CAR) on Sunday to formally end Operation Sangaris, begun three years ago to halt mass killings there but which failed to disarm militias terrorising the population. The formal end to the French mission comes as a fresh wave …

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• 31 October

  CAR: 25 killed in clashes between armed groups

  The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic says 25 people have been killed in clashes between armed groups amid “rising tension” in parts of the country. A statement late on Friday says 15 fighters were killed on Thursday in the communities of Mbriki and Belima on the outskirts …

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• 31 October

  Four Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai

  Four Egyptian soldiers have been killed in the Sinai Peninsula, where the local branch of the Islamic State group regularly attacks security forces, the army said on Sunday. The troops were killed during operations around El-Arish, close to the border with the Gaza Strip, army spokesman Brigadier General Mohamed Samir …

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