June, 2015

• 8 June

  Algeria underlines the importance of coutering terrorism

  Algeria’s Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel has underlined the importance of countering terrorism and organized crime committed by organizations due to instability. The minister made the remark on Sunday during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukry on coordinated arrangements for an expected …

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• 8 June

  Egypt, Italy, Algeria discuss Libyan crisis

  Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with his Italian and Algerian counterparts in Cairo Monday to discuss the current Libyan crisis, according to the ministry’s webpage. During the meeting, Shoukry stressed on the importance to continue supporting the efforts of UN Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean, Bernardino …

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• 8 June

  Western sanctions to remain in place against Russia until Ukraine ceasefire

  US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. “The two leaders discussed the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and agreed that the duration of sanctions should be clearly linked to …

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• 8 June

  Over 100 soldiers, 50 civilians killed in Donbas since truce

  Pro Russian Militants have committed over 4,000 violations of truce and killed more than one hundred Ukrainian servicemen and over 50 civilians since the Minsk agreements took effect, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said.

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• 8 June

  19 militants killed in clashes with Pak army

  At least 19 militants including five commanders and seven soldiers were killed during a clash in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, said the military on Monday. A statement by Pakistan military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “19 terrorists were killed, including five of their commanders, in an intense exchange …

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• 8 June

  Syrian aistrikes kill at least 40 civillians in Idlib

  At least 49 civilians, including children, were killed by warplanes of the Syrian regime at an area in Idlib in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that the regime aircraft committed a “massacre” by bombarding a public yard in Al-Janodia village in …

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• 8 June

  Support plan to fight against terrorism for Tunisia, Nigeria and Iraq to be revealed mid-September

  U.S. President Barack Obama said, Monday, that a support plan will be announced in favour of Tunisia as well as two other countries touched by terrorism (Nigeria and Iraq, during the next general meeting of the United Nations Assembly due mid-September, 2015 in New York, spokesman of the Presidency of …

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• 8 June

  AU reiterates full support for Mali reconciliation

  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma hailed the signing, in Algiers, of the record of conclusions of the preparatory consultations on the implementation of the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali, resulting from the Algiers process. The chairperson of the Commission also hailed the signing of …

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• 8 June

  Nigerian President reaffirms commitment to end Boko Haram insurgency

  The Nigerian government says new President Muhammadu Buhari has told France’s leader at the G-7 summit that his country would welcome greater support from other nations in its effort to end Boko Haram’s insurgency. A government statement said Buhari also said Monday that Nigeria would like more intelligence on Boko …

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• 8 June

  Libya factions meet for 'decisive' UN talks

  Libya’s warring factions meet for a new round of “decisive” talks on Monday as the UN scrambles for a peace deal before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week. Amid warnings the oil producer is on the verge of collapsing into a failed state, United Nations …

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