October, 2015

• 5 October

  Central African Republic: Chadian President calls for the end of the transition

  Chadian President Idriss Deby very influential in CAR, said Monday that the ongoing transition in the country should “stop” and elections be held before the end of 2015, following a late surge of violence in September in Bangui. “This transition must stop. It should be (better) poor election more than …

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• 5 October

  Burkina: the transition continues its hunt for coup

  The transition authorities Burkinabe are not content to have arrested General Gilbert Diendéré. Several officers of the RSP suspected of involvement in the coup were also arrested. Since the dissolution of the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP), several officers were placed under arrest by the police and are being questioned in …

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• 5 October

  Niger: foiled several suicide bombings in Bosso in the Southeast

  Boko Haram suicide bombers blew themselves up Sunday night at Bosso, in the southeastern Niger. Attacks that have made more victims than perpetrators. “Four suicide bombers from Boko Haram who were wearing explosive belts died after (them) have exploded Sunday, October 4 at 9:00 p.m. local time (2000 GMT) but …

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• 5 October

  Tunisian President to visit Cairo Sunday

  Essebsi will hold meetings with President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Arab League chief Nabil El-Araby, focusing on bilateral relations and shared interests. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi will start an official two-day visit to Cairo Sunday to discuss bilateral relations between the countries, an official source within Egypt’s foreign ministry told …

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• 2 October

  Algeria to maintain closed border between Libya until a peace agreement is reached

  Algeria has delayed the opening of the three land border with Libya due to what has been called “the absence of a central government capable of controlling the borders,” said a diplomat yesterday. A source of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that …

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• 2 October

  Army says most have joined the rebels Burkina

  Ouagadougou – A majority of the troops of the elite Army regiment Burkina Faso behind a failed coup joined the loyalist units after it was dismantled, an army source told AFP Thursday. “More than 800 men” on the 1300 in the powerful Presidential Security Regiment (RSP) who made the coup …

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• 2 October

  Burkina Faso coup leader detained to stand trial

  Ouagadougou – The chief of the recent coup attempt in Burkina Faso was detained Thursday by government forces in order to face trial, local media reported. General Gilbert Diendéré had taken refuge in the residence of the representative of the Catholic Church in the country and agreed to go into …

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• 2 October

  CAR elections delayed by new violence

  New violence in the Central African Republic has forced the delay of October 18 elections to put the troubled country on firmer political ground, officials said Thursday officials, but they hope the vote will take place at the end of this year. A transitional government is in charge of leading …

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• 2 October

  German diplomat to become UN envoy to Libya

  A senior German diplomat was appointed to become the new UN special envoy for Libya, diplomats Thursday in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the UN. Martin Kobler, who previously led UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is to succeed Bernardino Leon of …

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• 2 October

  Boko Haram suspected after 11 killed in Adamawa, NE Nigeria

  Yola – Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed 11 people in attacks against three villages in Nigeria’s Adamawa State northeast, an MP and local official said Friday. The attacks Wednesday night at Kubu Bitiku and four deaths, while seven were killed early Thursday morning in Kirchinga.

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