US military ground forces are helping the allied militiamen of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, the largely circulated Washington Post reports. The Pentagon announced last week it took military actions against IS at the request of the GNA, which has launched its anti-IS campaign since […]
Egyptian forensic department chief Tuesday denied claims that an explosion brought down the EgyptAir plane which crashed last Thursday in the Mediterranean. “Everything published about this matter is completely false, and mere assumptions that did not come from the forensics authority,” Hesham Abdelhamid was quoted as saying. Abdelhamid debunked a report by one Egyptian official […]
Tensions in South Sudan have further escalated following the arrest of first vice president Riek Machar, raising fears of a return to civil war. A convoy of heavily armed vehicles reportedly entered Machar’s residence in Juba on Wednesday (26 March), where he was detained without clear charges, violating constitutional procedures. The arrest, which comes after […]
