March, 2015

• 16 March

  EU FMs discuss Libya, Syria, CAR situation

  EU foreign ministers began a meeting here Monday focussed on Libya, migration and relations with Africa, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini told journalists ahead of the meeting.

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• 16 March

  France rules out Al Assad as solution to Syrian conflict

   France on Monday again ruled out a role for President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria in finding a solution to the four-year conflict in that country and pointed to his responsibility for 220,000 dead in his country and the sharp growth in terrorism. The French comments from Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain …

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• 16 March

  Nigeria: 45 killed by suspected herdsmen

  At least 45 villagers were killed in a dawn raid today by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Benue state, a police spokesman and a legislator said. “I confirm that 45 people, including women and children, were killed this morning in an attack on Egba village… of Benue state by suspected …

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• 16 March

  Syria regime air raids kill over 20 near Damascus

  At least 26 people including seven children were killed and more than 100 wounded in Syrian government air strikes near the capital Damascus today, a monitor said. The raids on the town of Douma, northeast of the capital, came as the conflict entered its fifth year and the death toll …

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• 12 March

  Algerian, Tunisian FMs discuss Libyan crisis

  Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and his Tunisian counterpart, Tayeb Baccouche, expressed Thursday, in Algiers, their wish to see Libya overcome the ordeal it is going through and preserve its national and territorial unity. Algeria “is searching for a solution to the crisis in Libya and is dealing with all Libyan …

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• 12 March

  Nigerian army asserts liberation of entire Adamawa state

  The Nigerian army has asserted that its troops cleared the entire northeastern Adamawa state of Boko Haram militants after the latter were flushed out from Madagali local government area. “Troops today succeeded in clearing terrorists out of Madagali, the last of places held by the terrorists in Adamawa,” the defense …

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• 12 March

  EP adopts resolution condemning IS

  The European Parliament Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the brutal human rights violations by ISIL and called for those responsible to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC.) It said that “egregious human rights abuses” of ISIL amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes that “could be called …

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• 12 March

  Obama, Ghani discuss Afghan progress

  US President Barack Obama on Thursday spoke with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan by video conference, along with Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the White House announced. Obama “encouraged accelerated Afghan progress toward forming an inclusive national unity government and expressed his expectation that their visit to Washington later …

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• 12 March

  Tunisian FM visits Algeria

  The strengthening of the “brotherly” relations between Tunisia and Algeria “requires regular and continuous consultations,” said Wednesday in Algiers Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche. In a statement to the press upon his arrival in Algiers for a two-day visit, the Tunisian minister said that “the strengthening of the brotherly relations …

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• 12 March

  Libyan political parties call for immediate ceasefire in Algiers meeting

  Libyan political figures called for an “immediate halt” to military operations, at the end of a UN-backed meeting in the Algerian capital on Wednesday. Envoys of six parties and five activists said their Algiers declaration, after two days of talks, aimed to send “a strong, clear and united message on …

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