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In a spirit of unity, the members of Security Council expressed their disappointment for the failure of South Sudanese talks, and expressed their deep concern at the ongoing fighting and violence. The UNSC was briefed by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan Haile Menkerios, …

The French President spoke with his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi following a terror attack in Tunis in which at least eight people were killed. According to a source close to Hollande’s office, in the brief call with Essebsi, Hollande expressed “the solidarity of France with the Tunisian people in …

Algeria and Italy share the same positions on the need to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya and to strengthen the fight against terrorism, said Wednesday in Rome Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel. “Algeria and Italy share the same positions (as regards the crisis …

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned what he called the “deplorable” attack on Tunisia’s national museum that left at least 17 tourists, including a South African, dead on Wednesday. The UN Security Council also slammed what it called “this heinous act.”

Tunisia said it would deploy the army to major cities and arrested four people on Thursday after militant gunmen killed 20 foreign tourists visiting the national Bardo museum, the worst attack on the north African country in more than a decade.

Nine people have been arrested in connection with Wednesday’s gun attack in Tunis that left 23 people dead, including 20 foreign tourists, the Tunisian presidency says. It alleged that four were directly linked to the attack and five had “ties to the cell”.

Gunmen stormed Tunisia’s national museum, killing 17 tourists of various nationalities and two Tunisians in an attack that raised fears for the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The brazen daylight assault yesterday sparked panic at the nearby parliament and the National Bardo Museum itself, a magnet for the tourists who …

The United Nations and Sudan began talks in Khartoum on Tuesday to prepare for an eventual orderly withdrawal of UN/African Union peacekeepers from Darfur, a senior UN official said. Herve Ladsous, head of UN peacekeeping, said the team in Khartoum would set up a working group that would “look at …

The National Security Council of Nigeria presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday met at the Presidential Villa, where the operations of Nigerian troops in the North-east were reviewed. Also, Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah said there was now news yet on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls from the …

Nigeria has begun the “final onslaught” against Boko Haram, the country’s national security spokesman said on Tuesday, after the militants were ousted from the strategic town of Bama. On a visit to London, Mike Omeri said that “significant strategic military successes and gains” had been made against the Islamists in …