Africa News

Turkey condemns recent Mali terror attacks

Turkey condemned the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the UN mission in Mali over the past two days, Foreign Ministry said in a statement. In the statement issued Tuesday, the ministry conveyed condolences to “the families who lost their loved ones, the brotherly people of Mali and staff of the United …

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Egypt, Somalia discuss bilateral relations

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed Egypt’s support for Somalia at a meeting with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on Sunday in Cairo, a presidential statement read. This is the first time El-Sisi has received his Somali counterpart since he was elected in February 2017 El-Sisi hailed the “distinguished and historical …

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Sudan’s defence minister in Cairo for talks on regional security

Sudan’s Defence Minister Awad Ibn Ouf and his Egyptian counterpart Sobhi Sedki Sunday held talks on threats to the regional security and stability, according to the official news agency. The meeting comes after the capture of Egyptian armoured vehicles used by Sudanese armed groups in a joint attack on the …

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Nigerian president vows to step up fight against Boko Haram

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said his government will reinvigorate its campaign against the Islamic extremist insurgency in the country’s northeast as he spoke to the nation for the first time on Monday after returning from London where he spent more than three months for medical treatment. “Terrorists and criminals must …

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Sudan receives invitation to join U.S.-Egypt military exercises

Sudan has received an invitation to take part in a joint U.S.-Egyptian military training exercise this October in Egypt, a first for the country in almost thirty years according to the Sudanese Defense Ministry. General Emad al-Din Adawi announced the invitation to join the Bright Star exercises that will take …

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UN Libya envoy in Cairo for meetings with Egypt leadership

Newly-installed United Nations Libya envoy Ghassan Salame was in Cairo on Monday for the latest round of high-level discussions with the Egyptian leadership on resolving the Libyan crisis. Mr Salame, a former Lebanese political sciences professor based in Paris, joins a long line of previous successors hoping to stem the …

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EU steps up assistance to Mali and the CAR

With the crises in Mali and the Central African Republic worsening, the EU has released fresh humanitarian funding of €9 million to respond to the most pressing needs. This brings the EU’s overall humanitarian support to West and Central Africa in 2017 to nearly €254 million since the beginning of …

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US, Egypt to hold joint military exercise for first time since Arab Spring

The United States military will take part in a biennial joint military exercise with Egypt called Bright Star 2017 — marking the first time the U.S. has participated in the joint exercise since the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, CNN reported on Aug. 15. The joint exercise …

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Tunisian security forces kill senior islamist in ambush

Tunisian armed forces killed two Islamist militants including a senior commander in a mountain raid near the western border with Algeria late on Tuesday, security sources said. “Two terrorists were killed and weapons were seized during an ambush that National Guard units set up against a terrorist group,” in Kasserine …

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