Eurasia Press & News

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 …

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.

The Tunisian presidency announced Friday night to lift the state of emergency, which was reintroduced in early July a few days after the bloody attack of Sousse (38 dead), claimed by the Islamic State Group (EI). “The state of emergency announced on July 4 and July 31 extended, ends today …

At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded in four suicide bombings Thursday in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, the military said Friday. “So far we have had confirmation of 14 dead, counting the bombers, and 39 wounded,” said the headquarters of Defense in Abuja.

In a report to charge the American NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) called the DRC to urgently reform the military justice system. Back on the main critics. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report is damning for the Congolese justice. In a document of 117 pages published Thursday, October 1, the …

Tunisia announced on Tuesday night, his membership in the international coalition to defeat militant group Islamic State (Daesh). The announcement was given on Tuesday in New York in the president’s remarks Beji Caid Essebsi delivered on his behalf by Prime Minister Habib Essid. “Currently, Tunisia examines the areas of contribution …

Head of the foreign policy of the EU Federica Mogherini, and the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby, urged all parties to sign the agreement that was filed after negotiations with them. A statement issued by the EU said Mogherini and Elaraby, who met on the sidelines of …

Turkish consulate in the Libyan city of Misrata closed after a grenade attack on Monday morning, according to a security source. “A man wearing civilian clothes was followed by the consulate of surveillance cameras in downtown Misrata. He tried to cross the external walls of the consulate, but failed. Then …

Led by the US, fifty countries have promised Monday to provide additional 40,000 peacekeepers, when the UN peacekeeping missions are overstretched and vulnerable. US President Barack Obama had convened on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York summit on ways to strengthen the 16 UN missions around …

Nigeria was warned Tuesday that violence could resume in the southern oil producer, exacerbating the strain on resources already stretched by Boko Haram in the north, and reduced gross income. The International Crisis Group said that the root causes of the insurgency in the Niger Delta remain strategic “largely neglected” …