July, 2015

• 1 July

  US rules out northern Syria buffer zone

  The U.S. has ruled out support for a buffer zone in northern Syria amid renewed fighting just across Turkey’s southern border, according to a U.S. State Department official. John Kirby, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, said on June 30 the challenges facing Turkey on its southern borders are …

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June, 2015

• 29 June

  NATO worried by prospects of heavy fighting return in Ukraine

  NATO’s head warned on Thursday of a risk of a return to heavy fighting in Ukraine but said it would be unwise to declare a ceasefire agreement dead, despite repeated violations, because it remained the best hope for peace. The Ukrainian military on Tuesday accused pro-Russian rebels of conducting long-range …

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• 29 June

  Algeria condemns terror attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait, Somalia and France

  Algeria condemned in “the strongest terms” the terrorist attacks against a hotel in Sousse in Tunisia, a mosque in Kuwait, an AMISOM base in Mogadishu (Somalia) and a plant in France’s Isere. It also expressed solidarity with the governments and the victims’ families.

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• 29 June

  Egypt state prosecutor killed in car bomb attack

  Hisham Barakat, Egypt’s public prosecutor died from wounds sustained in a bomb attack on Monday that had targeted his convoy in Cairo. The bomb struck shortly after Barakat left his house in the busy eastern Heliopolis suburb, heading to his downtown office.

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• 29 June

  Libyan sides discuss peace in Morocco

  Officials from Libya’s rival parliaments sat down at the same table for the first time on Sunday at the latest round of UN -backed peace talks in Morocco – a move negotiators saw as an important step to forming a unity government. Libya has two governments and parliaments, with the …

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• 29 June

  South Sudan army battles rebels for key northern town

  Warring forces in South Sudan battled on Sunday over a key northern town with both rebels and the army claiming control after the latest peace talks collapsed without progress. Rebels said militia commander Johnson Olony, a notorious ex-government general accused of recruiting an army of child soldiers, was in “full …

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• 29 June

  Southern Mali village attacked by armed militias

  Armed men attacked a village in the southern Mali region of Sikasso close to the border with Ivory Coast on Sunday, defence ministry spokesperson Colonel Diaran Kone said. The attack came a day after suspected Islamist fighters attacked a town in western Mali near the border with Mauritania, leaving 12 …

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• 29 June

  Tunisia increases security after beach attack

  Tunisia said it would arm tourism police and deploy hundreds of reinforcements as authorities moved to boost security after a jihadist gunned down 38 people at a seaside resort in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

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• 29 June

  Somalian army, AU troops clash with Shabaab in port of Kismayo

  At least 15 people were killed early on Monday in clashes pitting Somali and African Union troops against the Islamist group al-Shabaab near the southern port of Kismayo, officials said. Eight al-Shabaab militants were killed, said regional administration spokesperson Abdinasir Seerar. An unspecified number of security force members were also …

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• 29 June

  Chad security forces kill six militants in clashes

  Chadian security forces killed six militants and lost five officers as they stormed an illegal arms cache site east of the capital, state prosecutor Alghassim Khamiss said on Monday. The operation is the latest by security forces in Chad in the wake of suicide blasts on June 15 by suspected …

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