March, 2016

• 2 March

  Algerian, Malian FMs discuss cooperation

  Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra on Monday held phone talks with Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration and International Cooperation Abdoulaye Diop, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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• 2 March

  Twenty two militants killed in Egypt’s Sinai

  Security sources in Egypt say nearly two dozen militants have been killed in an airstrike against a militant base in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft targeted a training camp for members of the Velayat Sinai militant group south of the …

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• 2 March

  AU condemns double attack in Somalia

  MOGADISHU- The African Union (AU) has condemned Monday the double attack perpetrated by the terrorist group Al-Shabaab in the town of Baidoa, south of Somalia, Sunday evening. The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Francisco Caetano Madeira has strongly condemned the terror attacks, which …

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• 2 March

  Algeria will continue to provide support for “just and definitive” settlement in Western Sahara

  Algeria will continue to provide its support for a “just and definitive” settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara through a “free and regular” self-determination referendum, said Tuesday in Geneva (Switzerland) the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ramtane Lamamra.

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February, 2016

• 29 February

  DR Congo: 13 civilians killed by suspected Ugandan rebels in the east

  Thirteen civilians were killed in the night from Sunday to Monday by suspected Ugandan rebels in the Beni territory in eastern DRC, said the Congolese army. “We have just discovered a total of thirteen bodies killed with knives, including four women,” said Lt. Mak Hazukay, spokesman of the Armed Forces …

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• 29 February

  Burkina – Ivory Coast: Rambo in prison, the Touareg on the run

  While Blaise Compaore seems he installed in Côte d’Ivoire, which he received citizenship, the recent arrest in Abidjan CWO Nébié Moussa said Rambo (ex-RSP), gives grist to the Burkinabe justice in the prosecution of the coup attempt in Ouagadougou in September 2015. Arrested and extradited to Abidjan to Ouagadougou on …

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• 29 February

  Mali: Four UN Peacekeepers killedin Kidal

  Two Chadian peacekeepers in Mali, a head of unit and a military doctor, were killed Thursday in Kidal (north-east) by another soldier who complained about their living conditions within the quota, according to a security source within the UN Mission in the country (Minusma). The source initially told AFP that …

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• 29 February

  UN chief calls on leaders of South Sudan to restore confidence

  New York – The UN chief says global aid appeal for the conflict-torn South Sudan is just three percent funded, and the world body publishes $ 21m in emergency funds to help. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke during a visit to the East African country, where he spoke with his chief …

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• 29 February

  More peacekeepers needed for South Sudan

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

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• 29 February

  Mali govt, armed groups agree on the organization of peace forum

  The Malian government and former armed groups have agreed to organize a forum on peace and national reconciliation in Mali between March 27-30, 2016, to put a closure on the “Algiers peace process,” said a source during the weekend. The revelations were made by Sidi Brahim Ould Sidatt, a representative …

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