November, 2015

• 28 November

  S Sudan peace deal monitors urge action

  Juba – Ceasefire monitors in South Sudan urged warring forces on Thursday to stop fighting amid growing international fears a key peace deal is close to collapse. Fighting in the nearly two-year long war rages despite an August agreement, said Festus Mogae, who heads the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission …

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• 28 November

  Tunisia detains 30, identifies bomber after attack

  Tunis – Tunisian authorities have detained 30 people suspected of having extremism links after a suicide bombing targeting presidential guards, and identified the bomber as a local street vendor. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that forensic police identified the attacker as 27-year-old Houssam ben Hedi ben …

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• 28 November

  Mali arrests 2 suspects over Bamako hotel attack

  Bamako – Two people suspected of having links to a siege at a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako earlier this month have been arrested, the country’s security ministry has said. Amadou Sangho, a spokesperson for the ministry, confirmed the arrests on Thursday, but did not reveal the identities and …

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• 28 November

  Mali leader: Peace process won't be derailed

  Bamako – On Friday November 20, gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in the Malian capital of Bamako, taking at least 170 people hostage. After a nine-hour standoff with Malian soldiers and UN troops, the siege ended. Nineteen people were killed and two gunmen were also shot dead. Several groups …

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• 28 November

  FRANCE: LOSING THE STATUS OF REGIONAL POWER

  The November 13 Daesh attacks in Paris, followed shortly by the hostage-taking by al-Mourabitune at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali, an African country supposedly defended by France, brought into the light not only the failure of the Western approach of the current international terrorism, but …

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• 26 November

  Algeria says is ready to share counter-terrorism experience with Tunisia

  Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Ramtane Lamamra, on Wednesday, affirmed Algeria’s readiness to co-operate with Tunisia in the fight against terrorism. Algeria is ready to mobilise its capabilities and make its experience available to Tunisia to fight together against terrorism, he was quoted a …

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• 25 November

  More UN peacekeepers needed for South Sudan

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants 1 100 extra peacekeepers to be sent to South Sudan to help protect civilians who continue to face attacks despite a peace deal signed three months ago. Ban made the request in a report to the Security Council last week that paints a pessimistic picture …

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• 15 November

  Paris attacks propel fight against terrorism to top of G20 agenda

  The events of Thursday morning and evening could not be starker in difference. We saw, in the early part of the day, a rare and hopeful example of national consensus as the country’s lawmakers came together in Parliament. Hours later Lebanon was rocked by a massacre. Yet, as leaders look forward after …

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• 15 November

  Car used in attacks found in Paris suburb – police

  Paris – A black Seat car used by gunmen who fired at people in restaurants during the attacks in Paris on Friday has been found in the eastern suburb of Montreuil, police said on Sunday. Six people close to Omar Ismail Mostefai, who took part in the killings at the …

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• 15 November

  Paris suicide vests mark change of tactics

  All seven of the Paris militants wore identical explosive vests and didn’t hesitate to blow themselves up – a worrying change of tactic for jihadists. The suicide vests used by Friday’s attackers in Paris – a first in France – were made by a highly skilled professional who could still …

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