April, 2017

• 5 April

  European Union trains 'credible army' in CAR

  With EU help, the Central African Republic is seeking to turn the page on years of bloodshed by retraining its army and by month’s end a first battalion is to present arms. The European Union last year unveiled the launch of a two-year military training mission for CAR troops in …

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• 5 April

  Fighting sends 3 000 South Sudanese into Uganda this week

  The United Nations says roughly 3 000 South Sudanese refugees have crossed into Uganda after fighting in the eastern town of Pajok. The UN refugee agency spokesperson Katherine Weinright says that represents a “significant increase” in the number of refugees in the Lamwo area of Uganda. The influx is expected …

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• 5 April

  UN finds more mass graves in DRC's Kasai region

  The UN investigators said on Monday they had found more mass graves in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where tribal militias are battling security forces. “We have shared with the authorities the discovery of new mass graves in Grand Kasai. The number has risen from …

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• 3 April

  Tunisia, Sudan sign agreements to enhance cooperation

  Sudan and Tunisia on Thursday signed 22 agreements, executive programs and Memoranda of Understanding to enhance cooperation between the two sides. The operation agreements, signed during meetings of the joint Sudanese-Tunisian Higher Committee, include areas of health, tourism, occupational training and operation, technical education and agriculture.

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• 3 April

  Kobler meets Libyan military commanders in Cairo

  The United Nations Envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, gathered in Cairo, on Monday, with Libyan military commanders and diplomats to talk about the ways of activating the Libyan political operation. Kobler said, on his Twitter account, that a great exchange of ideas in Egypt with diplomatic and military leaders on …

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• 3 April

  US pledges support for Egypt in fight against terrorism

  US President Donald Trump told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday that he strongly backs Sisi’s leadership and that they would work together to fight militants. “I just want to let everybody know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behind President Sisi.

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• 3 April

  Armed men killed at least 50 in CAR

  At least 50 people have been killed and dozens more injured since Tuesday after armed men attacked three villages in the central Bambari region of the Central African Republic, local residents who fled their homes said. Prosper Tchoulekrayo, who escaped from Yasseneme village, said the attackers had “fired indiscriminately on …

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• 3 April

  Algeria: 15 terrorists arrested or killed by Army in March

  Eleven (11) terrorists were eliminated, four others were arrested and one surrendered in March during various counterterrorism and border security-related operations carried out by the People’s National Army (ANP). Following these operations, the Army discovered a body of one terrorist, arrested 22 individuals supporting terrorist groups and destroyed 42 shelters …

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• 3 April

  UN urges new efforts to defeat Boko Haram

  The UN Security Council called for stepped up efforts on Friday to defeat Boko Haram insurgents and Islamic State extremists in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region and tackle the humanitarian crisis that has left millions facing hunger and possible famine. A resolution adopted unanimously by the UN’s most powerful …

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• 3 April

  New jihadist alliance claims border attack in Mali

  A new jihadist alliance claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack that killed three members of Mali’s security forces on March 29, according to a statement released by jihadist monitoring group SITE. Three Malian jihadist groups with previous Al-Qaeda links recently joined forces to create the “Group to Support Islam …

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