October 25, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
A plane crashed Monday morning in Malta killing all five French people on Tuesday morning at 7:20 a.m. shortly after take-off in Luqa airport. Maltese officials said French customs officials were among victims on the flight, which was heading for the city of Misrata in Libya.
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October 25, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Algerian Minister for Maghreb Affairs, the African Union and the Arab League, Abdelkader Messahel and visiting Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Ignacio Ybanez, vowed on Monday to boost bilateral cooperation in the political, security and economic fields.
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October 25, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
A prominent Sudanese rebel group said on Friday it was suspending peace talks with Khartoum after a rights group accused government forces of using chemical weapons against civilians in war-torn Darfur. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North, which is fighting government troops in Blue Nile and South Kordofan, this …
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October 25, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Four civilians were killed on Monday when protests against United Nations peacekeepers turned violent in the Central African Republic, with gunfire and looting reported across the capital Bangui, the UN said. Five UN peacekeepers were among 14 people injured during the demonstrations called by a coalition of civil society groups …
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October 25, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Islamic extremist rebels recaptured a town in central Somalia after African Union and Somali troops pulled out Sunday, according to residents. Heavily armed al-Shabaab fighters retook Halgan town soon after troops left, said a town elder, Ahmed Sabriye.
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October 25, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
A Shabaab suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an African Union military base in central Somalia on Tuesday, a security official said. The explosion was followed by heavy gunfire at the Djiboutian base in the city of Beledweyne. Witness Ismail Mahad described seeing “clouds of smoke caused …
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October 20, 2016 Eurasia, Special Analysis
The 15 July 2016 failed coup attempt against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and, on the other hand, Ankara’s recent re-orientation of its foreign policy towards Russia, Israel and Iran, including its August military intervention in Syria are seen by most analysts as signs of a changing trend not only …
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October 19, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The US President, Barak Obama underscored that the USA is making efforts to strengthen consensus among Libyan parties. He also stressed the need to control territorial waters and borders to undermine illegal immigration. At a joint press conference with the Italian prime Minister Tuesday in Washington, he said; We are …
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October 19, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
A battalion of around 160 Army Commandos is ready and waiting to be deployed on a mission to the Central African Republic and is now waiting for a number of logistical matters to be solved, the chief of staff of the Portuguese Armed Forces said. “Everything is ready. At the …
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October 19, 2016 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Libya’s neighboring countries recalled, after their ministerial meeting Wednesday in Niamey, Niger, that the Libyan political agreement is the only framework to end the crisis in Libya. The participants at the 9th ministerial meeting of the neighboring countries of Libya reaffirmed commitment to the political settlement parameters as defined in …
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