November, 2015

• 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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• 15 November

  What are the implications of the Paris attacks?

  French President Francois Hollande described the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday as a declaration of war. Who’s winning the battle? And what are the implications on security measures, the refugees… us? Are Islamist terrorists succeeding in driving a wedge between religions and cultures? Tuesday’s edition of TimesTalk will discuss …

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• 15 November

  Police are questioning the family of one of the identified Paris attacks gunmen Omar Ismail Mostefai

  French police are questioning the family of the first of seven gunmen identified in the Paris attacks. French authorities Saturday named the first attacker as 29-year-old Omar Ismail Mostefai, who was identified from a severed finger found at Bataclan concert hall, scene of the worst of the bloodshed. He was …

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• 13 November

  Situation in Libya: Algeria says it doesn’t support any side to the detriment of another

  Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra said Friday that Algeria doesn’t support any side to the detriment of another.” “Algeria supports the Libyan people as the two countries have a common destiny and it is in the interest of Algeria that Libya gets out …

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• 13 November

  Heavy fighting in Benghazi, 16 killed

  At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said on Wednesday. Benghazi, caught up in fighting for more than a year, is just one front in Libya’s multi-sided …

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• 13 November

  Kabila holds talks with Mugabe as tensions flare in DRC

  Harare – Leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, reportedly arrived in Zimbabwe on Thursday where he held a closed door meeting with his counterpart, President Robert Mugabe, in the capital Harare. According to the state-controlled Herald newspaper, the two leaders discussed a wide range of issues …

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• 13 November

  Nigeria troops rescue over 60, kill 4 Islamists – army

  Abuja – Nigerian troops killed four suspected Boko Haram suspects and set free 61 people, mainly women and children, held by the jihadist group in the flashpoint north-eastern Borno state, the army said Thursday. In an operation, troops under air cover cleared Boko Haram camps “and in the process rescued …

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