April, 2015

• 15 April

  3 civillians killed, several peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack

  A suicide bomber attacked a UN barracks in northern Mali on Wednesday, the United Nations said, killing three civilians and wounding 16 people, including several peacekeepers. The militant was attempting to drive into a camp used by the UN’s Minusma peacekeeping mission in Ansongo, in the northern region of Gao, …

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• 15 April

  Libyan warplanes attack airport held by rivals

  Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals, officials said, as United Nations peace talks were due to start in Morocco. Two governments, one based in the east, the other in Tripoli, are fighting for …

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• 14 April

  Algeria stresses the importance of unity govt as solution for Libyan crisis

  Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel said on Tuesday that the Libyan parties were unanimous in stressing the need to form a national unity government, which will allow Libya to begin a new era. “There’s a consensus on the need to form a national unity government and …

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• 14 April

  Turkey condemns terror attacks in Egypt's North Sinai

  The Foreign Ministry has condemned terrorist attacks that killed at least 14 people on Sunday in Egypt’s North Sinai and expressed its solidarity with the Egyptian people. In a statement issued on late Monday, the Foreign Ministry said: “We condemn the terrorist attacks which were committed on April 12 in North Sinai’s provincial …

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• 14 April

  Algeria hopes for rapid agreement between Libyan parties

  Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel said on Tuesday that Algeria hopes the Libyan parties will sign an agreement acceptable by all “as soon as possible” in order to allow Libya enter a new era. “We hope that the Libyan parties will sign as soon as possible …

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• 14 April

  UN urges Kenya to reconsider decision on refugee camp

  The United Nations refugee agency urged Kenya on Tuesday to reconsider an order to close the teeming Dadaab refugee camp, warning that sending Somali refugees back to their homeland would have “extreme humanitarian and practical consequences”.

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• 14 April

  Ukraine, Russia agree to retrieve small caliber weapons

  Russia and Ukraine have agreed to call for the pullback of smaller caliber weapons from the front lines in eastern Ukraine as part of a fresh push to end the region’s yearlong conflict. Foreign ministers from the two countries meeting with their French and German counterparts in Berlin also agreed …

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• 14 April

  Kenya to build security wall along border with Somalia

  The Kenyan government has begun constructing a security wall along its border with Somalia to curb cross-border incursions by Somali Al-Shabaab militants. Director of Immigration Services Gordon Kihalangwa, who officially broke the ground in Mandera late on Monday, urged the locals to support the project which he said would help …

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• 14 April

  Libya parties held peace talks in Algiers

  Talks between Libya’s rival parliaments on forging a unity government for the violence-wracked country have been a “great success,” the UN envoy said on Tuesday, but there were no signs of a major breakthrough. “The result of the second round of dialogue is a great success,” Bernardino Leon said in …

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• 14 April

  North African countries discuss collaboration on securing borders

  Nine northern African countries including Libya, Algeria and Egypt agreed on Monday to work together to secure their borders in a move to clamp down on militia clashes and weapons smuggling in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings. Under the Tripoli Plan, countries will adopt stronger measures including sharing …

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