BUNIA, DRC – Twenty-four people were killed when a landslide engulfed a gold mine in DR Congo’s eastern Ituri province after days of torrential rain battered the region, an official said Sunday.”Our teams on the ground … have pulled out 24 bodies and…
Day: December 15, 2019
G5 Sahel Leaders Pay Tribute to 71 Soldiers Slain in Niger
NIAMEY, NIGER – Leaders of the G5 Sahel nations held summit talks in Niamey Sunday, after the death last week of 71 Niger soldiers in a jihadist attack, calling for closer cooperation and international support in the battle against the Islamist threat….
Egypt’s El-Sissi Says Militias Hold Libyan Government ‘Hostage’
CAIRO – Libya’s U.N.-supported government is held hostage by armed and terrorist militias in the capital, Tripoli, Egypt’s leader said Sunday.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in televised comments that the Government of National Accord is not able …
Fighting Stalls After ‘Final Assault’ on Libya’s Tripoli Fails to End War
TUNIS, TUNISIA – Libya has two governments. They are at war with each other and both have TV news channels.On a channel supporting the Libyan National Army, which controls Libya’s east, a presenter in military fatigues on Sunday sat in front of picture…