New York – Ivory Coast Foreign Minister Charles Koffi Diby urged the UN Security Council on Monday to approve “in the coming days,” an international force to confront extremist groups in northern Mali. At a debate in the Council over the situation in the Sahel, which neighbors Mali, Diby stressed …

Algiers – The Algerian army killed a total of 109 terrorists, the term used by the government for armed Islamist fighters and arrested another 36 in 2015, a defence ministry toll published on Monday said. Troops also seized explosives, assault rifles, rocket

Germany is considering sending more than 100 troops to train the armed forces of Libya, which is in turmoil due to rival political administrations and Islamic State jihadist attacks, Der Spiegel magazine reported Saturday. “According to internal (government) plans German soldiers could, along with Italian colleagues, within months begin training …

Turkey will support Libyan unity and solidarity, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday. “Turkey will always take your side in the context of Libya’s economic development and reconstruction when Libya gains stability,” the premier said in an Ankara meeting with Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, from Libya’s unity government. Davutoglu …

ROME: Italy is considering taking part in possible military intervention to combat Daesh in Libya, the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero reported, quoting an unidentified participant at a meeting led by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The Rome meeting dedicated to Libya on Tuesday discussed for the first time the option of …

ALGIERS- Algeria strongly condemns the series of terrorist attacks in Jakarta (Indonesia), expressing its “full” solidarity with the Indonesian government, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué. “Algeria strongly condemns the series of terrorist attacks that shook Jakarta today, and expresses its full solidarity with the brotherly Indonesian …

Khartoum – Sudanese security forces in West Darfur’s state capital on Sunday dispersed protesters who had gathered outside government buildings, with rebels claiming four demonstrators were killed but officials saying there had been no casualties. The unrest began after a group of people rallied outside the West Darfur government secretariat …

Benghazi – Libyan guards said on Monday they repelled a maritime assault by the Islamic State jihadist group on Zueitina oil terminal in the north of the country. ISIS tried last week to seize export terminals in the so-called “oil crescent” of northern Libya, killing 56 people in two suicide …

Kinshasha – A United Nations-backed radio station says that a UN helicopter was attacked by suspected rebels in Congo’s east. A spokesperson with the UN mission in Congo, Charles Bambara, confirmed the attack near Erengeti in Beni territory in Congo’s North Kivu province. He said there were no injuries, and …

Nairobi – Kenya said it has asked the UN refugee agency to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees by July in the wake of the Garissa University massacre. “We have asked the UNHCR to relocate the refugees in three months, failure to which we shall relocate them ourselves,” a …