November 27, 2017 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
he death toll from an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai rose to 305 including 27 children, the state prosecution said Saturday in a statement detailing the gruesome massacre. It said there were between 25 and 30 attackers with long hair and beards, dressed in camouflage and flying a …
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November 27, 2017 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The US military says it has carried out an airstrike against the Islamic State group in northeastern Somalia that killed one extremist. The statement from the US Africa Command says the airstrike was carried out on Monday afternoon in coordination with Somalia’s government.
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November 27, 2017 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Mali has delayed regional elections due next month until April 2018 in order to address dissatisfaction with the timing from powerful armed groups, the government said on Monday. Tieman Hubert Coulibaly, minister for territorial administration, met former rebel groups and pro-government factions who registered “concerns” over the vote’s timing, a …
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November 24, 2017 Eurasia, Special Analysis
Les événements récents ont apporté à l’attention des analystes le Zimbabwe, pays africain soumis au régime dictatorial de Robert Mugabe, 93 ans, qui vient d’être déposé et poussé vers la retraite, mardi 21 novembre, après une vie de lutte et trente-sept ans de pouvoir. * La Rhodésie du Sud (entre 1890-1980), …
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November 22, 2017 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi said on Tuesday the Daesh extremist group had been defeated from a military perspective but he would only declare final victory after Daesh militants were routed in the desert. Iraqi forces on Friday captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under …
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November 22, 2017 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
The United States has said there was no need to appoint a special envoy to resolve the crisis between Iraq and Kurdistan Region, saying that such a dispute could be resolved “internally”. “We certainly heard about that idea to appoint a special envoy. We believe at this point that this …
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November 22, 2017 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iraq’s prime minister has announced the defeat of ISIL “from a military perspective” but says he will only declare final victory once security forces have eliminated the extremists from the desert. Rawa, the last remaining town under ISIL’s control, was captured by Iraqi forces on Friday, signalling the collapse of …
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November 22, 2017 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The Egyptian Second Field Army – who are assigned with the task of securing North Sinai and Ismailia from an extremist insurgency – killed four militants on Tuesday during operations against the Islamic State group. A statement released by the military’s official spokesperson said the operation resulted in the destruction …
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November 22, 2017 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Algeria on Thursday condemned the terrorist bombings which hit the city of Maiduguri in north-eastern Nigeria, killing more than 12 civilians. “Our conviction is consistent that this terrorist attack, especially those targeting civilian population, will not discourage Nigeria’s government, army and security forces to eradicate the
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November 22, 2017 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
US forces conducted an air strike against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabaab group in Somalia on Tuesday, killing more than 100 jihadists, military officials said. “In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, US forces conducted an air strike in Somalia against an al-Shabaab camp on Tuesday, November 21 at approximately 10:30 …
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