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At least 25 civilians were killed Saturday after terrorists attacked a cattle market in Kompiembiga, at 15km from Pama in the eastern region of Burkina Faso.
With no truce in sight as Ramadan begins in Libya, the conflict appears to be intensifying in the south of Tripoli and some other areas in the west of the country between forces loyal to General Khalifa Hafter and troops backing the National Accord Government.
In an effort to further motivate the volunteers recruited to back up the army in the fight against terrorist groups, the government of Burkina Faso has provided for the amount of 200,000 CFA francs per month for each group of missionary.
Fourth of April marked one year since forces of the Libyan National Army Commander under General Khalifa Hafter launched an offensive to wrest control of the capital Tripoli from troops loyal to the internationally backed government.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has urged secessionist armed groups in the Cameroonian regions of the North West and South West to follow the example of the Defense Forces of Southern Cameroon (Socadef), which have agreed to a temporary unilateral and provisional ceasefire in order to facilitate the fight against the coronavirus.
Sudan defence minister Lt Gen Jamal Al-Din Omar has died of a” heart attack” on Wednesday morning in South sudanese capital Juba where he has been in negotiation team of Sudan aiming at reaching a security arrangement deal and a peace agreement with armed rebel groups.
Hundreds of angry Soweto residents took to the streets of the sprawling township in a peaceful march on Tuesday to demand that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government addresses power cuts and other problems affecting the community.
Fouzi Wanees, a spokesman of the Health ministry in Libya’s National Accord Government has confirmed the death of three civilians after heavy shelling of the port in Tripoli on Tuesday by forces loyal to Khalifa Hafter.
African leaders emerging from the 33rd African Union summit, which started on Sunday 9 and ended late on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have resolved to be seized of the Libyan crisis, from which they were sidelined by international efforts to restore normalcy in the strife-torn north African country.
The 33rd African Union heads of state and government summit opened n the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday with the view to “silencing the guns and creating conducive conditions for Africa’s development.”