March, 2015

• 9 March

  Algeria awaits with hope for inter-Libyan dialogue outcome

  Algeria is “reasonably optimistic” about the outcome of the inter-Libyan dialogue which will be held Tuesday in Algiers, said Foreign Affairs Minister Ramtane Lamamra. “We are reasonably optimistic, and work to ensure that the dialogue between the Libyan brothers results in the settlement of the crisis in Libya,” said Lamamra …

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• 9 March

  Mubarak to face first retrial session

  The Cairo Court of Appeals set on Monday the first retrial session for former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons over embezzlement charges, due to be held on April 4. Egypt’s Court of Cassation ordered on January 13 a retrial for Mubarak over embezzlement charges for which he has been …

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• 9 March

  Pakistan tested ballistic missile on Monday

  Pakistan on Monday conducted a successful test launch of Shaheen-III Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile, capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 2,750 Kilometers, the military said. According to a press release by Pakistan military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the test launch was aimed at validating various …

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• 9 March

  Arab FMs to discuss regional security in Cairo

  Arab Foreign Ministers on Monday started their 143rd session at the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo to discuss draft resolutions prepared by the permanent delegates on several issues, mainly the protection of Arab national security. First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is …

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• 9 March

  French FM discusses terror attacks with Malian counterpart

  French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius held talks here Monday with his Malian counterpart Abdulaye Diop to discuss the latest terror attacks in Mali over the weekend and ways to counter radical operations in northern Mali, official sources said. At least eight people died in two attacks Saturday and Sunday in …

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• 9 March

  Obama, Tusk discuss Ukraine crisis

  U.S. President Barack Obama is due to hold talks with European Council President Donald Tusk in Washington. The White House has said the two are to discuss the conflict in Ukraine on March 9, among other topics. Violence in eastern Ukraine has dropped sharply in the past two weeks after …

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• 5 March

  Turkey pledges not to take part in armed clashes in Mosul

  “Turkey won’t be a part of an armed clash in Iraq or Syria. We can supply aid to Mosul, but we won’t be involved in a direct clash,” Davutoğlu said in his remarks to reporters en route to New York. However, he added that if there were to be a …

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• 5 March

  South Sudan peace talks extended beyond Thursday

  Peace talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels will extend beyond a Thursday deadline set by mediators to allow them to finalise details on power sharing, mediators from the regional East African group IGAD said. The group had allowed to the end of Thursday to iron out any issues that …

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• 5 March

  Sixty-eight people killed by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria massacre

  Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two witnesses and two vigilantes said today. Heavily armed militants stormed the village in Borno state on Tuesday “from all directions”, said Falmata Bisika, 62, who escaped to the state capital …

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• 5 March

  Morocco to hold Libya settlement talks

  United Nations-brokered peace talks aimed at resolving the political turmoil in Libya have started in Morocco, hours after the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli was bombed. Warplanes from Libya’s UN-recognised parliament in Tobruk carried out the air strikes on the airport in Tripoli, which is currently governed by a …

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