February, 2016

• 17 February

  Obama: US will continue to seek to attack ISIS targets in Libya

  Washington – President Barack Obama says the United States continues to attack ISIS in Libya as targets are identified. Obama speaks at a news conference in California. He said the United States will go after ISIS “wherever”.

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• 17 February

  Libyan descent into chaos fear its neighbors

  Alger – voisins d’Afrique du Nord de la Libye, de peur de descendre davantage dans le chaos du pays, prévoient une réunion d’urgence pour coordonner les contrôles aux frontières et tasser les troubles qu’ils craignent va se répandre.

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• 17 February

  Jihadists used armored vehicles in base attack UN Mali

  Bamako – The head of the UN mission in Mali jihadists said armored vehicles to attack on the basis of the mission in Kidal that killed at least seven peacekeepers last week. Radhia Achouri told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it was the first time an armored vehicle was …

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• 17 February

  Cameroon forces kill 162 Boko Haram militants, retake the city

  Yaounde – Cameroon’s government says its troops have resumed in northern Nigeria city of Goshi Boko Haram, killing 162 militants in a weekend operation. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary said late Monday that Cameroon special forces also released about 100 detainees held by the extremists, including Cameroonians and Nigerians. …

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• 17 February

  Valls visits Mali and Burkina Faso, also struck by terrorism

  Manuel Valls went to Mali on Thursday and Friday and Saturday in Burkina Faso, the opportunity to exchange with the authorities of these countries recently hit by bloody attacks, but also visits to the French troops there. The Prime Minister must “ensure the continuity of the support of France” in …

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• 17 February

  Burundi: Police shows off five "terrorists" suspected repented before the press

  The police of Burundi paraded before the press Tuesday in Bujumbura five young men described as “terrorists” repented, they decided to “themselves” to surrender to the authorities, have we learned from police sources. These five “terrorists” belong to “armed criminal groups disrupted security in Bujumbura, including with grenade attacks, and …

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• 15 February

  Mali: three soldiers killed in an ambush in the Timbuktu region

  According to military sources, three Malian soldiers died Friday in an ambush in the Timbuktu region. The attack came the same day as that of a base of Minusma Kidal. “Three of our men died today between the towns of Timbuktu and Goundam when their vehicle fell into an ambush …

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• 15 February

  Mali: the head of the Minusma Kidal after the deadly attack against peacekeepers

  The head of the UN Mission in Mali (Minusma) visited Saturday peacekeepers in Kidal (north-east) the day after the attack, claimed by the jihadists of Ansar Eddine, who killed six Guinean soldiers the Minusma, did we learn from this force. The Guinean government has confirmed that six soldiers to its …

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• 15 February

  Nigeria: Thirty dead in attacks against two villages

  Thirty people were killed in attacks from members of the Islamist group Boko Haram against two villages in northeast Nigeria that they looted, had said Saturday AFP armed guards. Armed attackers arrived aboard minibus and cycling in remote villages of Yakhari and Kahifa Friday night and Saturday. “The attackers killed …

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• 15 February

  Libya makes efforts in peace process

  Benghazi – International attempts to end the chaos in Libya has taken a step forward on Monday a new government of national unity was proposed to lawmakers. A tip UN-backed rival Libyan factions announced the formation of the revised cabinet Sunday night, after a previous government was defeated last month …

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