Eurasia Press & News

Rome – Foreign ministers are expected to endorse a UN-brokered national unity plan for Libya at a Rome conference aimed at prodding the North Africa country’s bickering factions to fulfil their commitment to sign the agreement and abide by its terms. Libya slid into chaos following the 2011 toppling and …

Mogadishu – At least 10 people were killed on Sunday in fighting between rival clans in central Somalia, a local police official said. More than 20 people, among them women and children, were injured in the fighting which broke out in the town of Beledwayne early on Sunday, Mohamed Ali …

Mandera- A Kenyan official says Somalia’s Islamic extremist insurgents al-Shabaab have ambushed an army truck killing one soldier and wounding two. Mandera County Commissioner Fredrick Shisia said on Sunday the soldiers were travelling to Mandera town, in Kenya’s north, from Nairobi when they were ambushed by al-Shabaab fighters between Elwak …

Kano – Deadly clashes erupted between military and Shiite Muslims in Zaria, northern Nigeria, which has also left the group headquarters and destroyed the house of his head, witnesses said on Sunday. Armed soldiers carried crackdown on the pro-Iranian Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) following an incident on Saturday, the …

Since the dismissal of Mohamed Mediène, three other generals have been indicted and several senior officers dismissed. What does this treatment and how far will she go? Emaciated, dark gray suit, a quickdraw to Clint Eastwood, always clean on him, Djamel Kehal Medjdoub still looks great despite his 60 years …

A camp Minusma has been targeted by Monday morning shelling in Gao. They made no injuries or damage, an official of the UN mission and local elected. “Early this morning, terrorists launched at least four shells towards the camp Minusma Gao. It is the Dutch contingent that was targeted, “said …

According to judicial sources, the trial of 28 Burundian soldiers and police officers accused of involvement in the attempted coup of May 13 and 14 in Burundi, including General Cyrille Ndayirukiye, former defense minister and number two coup , opened Monday.

Tunis – Tunisia announced on Friday the closure of its main Tunis-Carthage international airport to Libyan planes as part of security measures since a suicide bombing in the capital. “We face a dangerous situation. We have taken a number of security measures,” Transport Minister Mahmoud Ben Romdhane told Mosaique FM …

Violent battles have erupted between armed groups in Yambio, the capital city of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, local Eye Radio reported Tuesday. The battles have broken out between government troops and a local armed group known as “arrow boys” which is allied to South Sudan’s major rebel group led …

Defence Ministers of the 5+5 Initiative were unanimous in arguing that a military option in Libya is not a solution to meet the security challenges in that country. Only a political solution is possible, they stressed at their meeting Thursday in Tunis. This consists in the formation of a single …