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Twelve suspected jihadists were recently arrested in central Mali and transferred to the capital, Bamako, said Tuesday AFP Malian military sources, while the army has launched a massive operation in the region. “Twelve jihadists arrested last week in the region of Mopti (center) by the Malian army were transferred on …

More than 300 women and children held captive by Boko Haram were released during a military operation against a group of Islamist hideouts in north-eastern Nigeria, the Nigerian army announced Wednesday. “An army unit has rescued 338 people held captive by the terrorists”, including 192 children and 138 women, during …

Forced cannibalism, rape and “other inhumane acts”: the belligerents in the civil war in South Sudan will be held accountable before a court of African independent justice, acts of “extreme cruelty” against civilians, has said Wednesday the African Union (AU). A Commission of Inquiry of the AU, led in 2014 …

Thirteen civilians were killed and three wounded by gunfire Tuesday night by members of Islamist group Boko Haram in a village near Diffa in southeastern Niger on the border with Nigeria, said the local authorities. “Thirteen people were executed and three others injured by gunfire during an attack Boko Haram …

The helicopter was shot down Tuesday, October 27 west of the capital Tripoli. One of the leaders of the coalition militias Fajr Libya is one of the crash victims, the toll could rise. “At least nine people aboard a helicopter were killed Tuesday in Libya when the unit was shot …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi extended by three months the state of emergency imposed in parts of the restive northern Sinai, MENA news agency run by the state reported Wednesday. The decree also imposes a nighttime curfew in certain regions 19:00 (1700 GMT) and 6:00 (0400 GMT), except for the …

Bilateral relations and the situation in the region, especially in Libya were discussed at a meeting Monday in Algiers between Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Habib Essid making a two-day visit to the country on hold the Tunisian-Algerian High Joint Committee meeting. Speaking to reporters, Habib Essid said …

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid arrived Sunday in Algeria to discuss bilateral issues of common interest. Essid was greeted on his arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Algiers his Algerian counterpart Abdelmalek Sellal. “My visit comes within the framework of ongoing consultations between Tunisia and Algeria to strengthen the …

ABU DHABI: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, held talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi about fraternal bilateral relations and a variety of regional issues and international interests of mutual interest, including …

ALGIERS The head of Government of Tunisia Habib Essid said Monday in Algiers, the convergence of views between his country and Algeria regarding the need to urgently achieve “a political solution” to the Libyan crisis. In a statement to the press after an audience granted to him by the President …