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Leader of terrorist group Boko Haram Abubakar Shekau

Embattled Boko Haram Leader Shekau Resurfaces in Video

The embattled leader of ‘jihadist’ group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online Sunday, rejecting assertions by the Nigerian army that he had been seriously wounded. “You have been spreading in the social media that you injured or killed me,” Shekau said in the 40-minute video released ...

September 25, 2016

World

Morocco Asks to Rejoin African Union after 32 Years

Morocco on Friday made an official request to return to the African Union, 32 years after quitting the bloc in protest at its decision to accept Western Sahara as a member. “The Kingdom of Morocco has officially submitted a request to accede to the African Union (AU) Constitutive Act, and ...

September 23, 2016

World

’19 Dead’ in Clashes with ISIL in Libya’s Sirte

Ten ‘jihadists’ and nine pro-government fighters died in clashes Thursday around the last positions of the ISIL group in the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, medical and military sources said. “Our forces are advancing on the last holdouts of ISIL” in the only district of Sirte still held by the ...

September 22, 2016

World

Car Bomb Kills 3 in Mogadishu

Three people were killed, including one soldier, and four wounded when a car bomb exploded in Somali’s capital Mogadishu Wednesday afternoon, local officials said. A vehicle suspected to have been fitted with explosive devices blew up at the Jubba junction along Makala Almukarama Road, killing three and injuring others nearby, ...

September 22, 2016

World

Tunisia Extends State of Emergency till Sept. 19

Tunisia has extended on Sunday the current state of emergency for another month, the Tunisian Presidency said. “After consulting the premier and head of the national assembly on national security issues, President Beji Caid Essebsi decided to extend the state of emergency from September 19 for a month,” a Presidency ...

September 19, 2016

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New Fighting Hits Libya’s Oil Crescent

New fighting erupted early Sunday between forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government and those of a rival administration for control of key eastern oil ports. “The Petroleum Facilities Guard launched an offensive this morning and (our forces) are fighting them in Ras Lanuf,” said Mohamad Ibset, spokesman for the ...

September 18, 2016

World

US Threatens UN Arms Embargo on South Sudan

The United States on Wednesday threatened to push for a UN arms embargo on South Sudan if the government blocks the deployment of a new regional force and impedes the work of UN peacekeepers. US Ambassador Samantha Power said President Salva Kiir’s government must quickly show that it will follow ...

September 15, 2016

World

Libya Unity Govt Seeks Talks after Rival Seizes Oil Ports

The head of Libya’s UN-backed unity government called for urgent talks Wednesday after forces loyal to a rival administration seized the main eastern oil ports in defiance of world powers. The fighting between the two sides — the first since the unity government started work in the capital Tripoli in ...

September 14, 2016

World

7 Niger Soldiers Killed by Boko Haram

Seven Niger soldiers were killed and eight others wounded in two separate attacks by Boko Haram Takfiris over the past week, the army has said. The two attacks took place in the southeastern Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, according to a military statement released late on Tuesday. Five ...

September 14, 2016

Live News

Morocco Says Committed to Sahara Truce

Morocco’s envoy to the United Nations has said Rabat is committed to a ceasefire in Western Sahara after the UN voiced fears of renewed hostilities in the disputed territory. A 1991 UN-brokered truce ended 16 years of conflict between Morocco — which maintains that Western Sahara is an integral part ...

September 10, 2016