Ugandan peace-keeper mows down three colleagues in Somalia

A Uganda soldier, member of the country’s contingent of an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, has shot dead three of his colleagues, the Ugandan army said Tuesday. Spokesperson for the military Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye said the soldier woke up Monday morning and “sprayed bullets” at his colleagues. All four were part of the […]

Morocco to chair UNESCO’s ICC-MAB for two years

Morocco was elected on Tuesday to the presidency of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Program (ICC-MAB) during the Council’s 36th Session held July 1-5 in Agadir. Morocco, represented by Latifa Yaacoubi, Director General of the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Oases and Argan Zones (ANDZOA), will chair the ICC-MAB for […]

Egypt: U.S to increase forces in the Sinai

The Pentagon will increase the number of its troops present in the Sinai peninsula under the Multinational Force of Observers (MOF) to more than 700 with “adequate force protection.” The decision was made after four U.S soldiers were injured by an improvised explosive device on September 3. The rising threat posed by armed militias and […]