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The semi-autonomous region of Somaliland is renewing calls for international recognition of its self-declared independence from Somalia.
Somaliland on Wednesday celebrated 25 years since the region proclaimed independence from Somalia. Thousands of civilians and military personnel paraded in front of dignitaries in the capital Hargeisa as the government showed off its Soviet-era military arsenal.
A Libyan militia spokesman says militias from the western city of Misrata are battling Islamic State militants and have seized vital checkpoints after a brief takeover by the IS.
Mohammed Shamia told The Associated Press Tuesday that the Misrata forces captured three areas south of Misrata including Abu Grain. He said warplanes have bombed IS forces withdrawing from their positions.
Forces in western Libya are preparing to advance on the city of Sirte, seized by DAESH last year, their spokesman said, pushing ahead with plans for a counter-attack after the group made territorial gains in the last week.
The fighters based in the city of Misrata would like international logistical support to help retake what has become DAESH’s most important base outside Syria and Iraq, but will not wait for it before launching the operation, they said.
Officers from the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Opposition in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state have defected and formed their own faction.
The officers previously under the overall leadership of the First Vice-President, Riek Machar, have asserted that the 2015 peace agreement signed with president Salva Kiir, has not addressed the cause of the war.
Scores of people were on Saturday killed and several others injured in Mongalla, a Central Equatoria state town located along the Juba-Bor road.
Multiple sources told Sudan Tribune at least three people were feared dead and more than 20 others were injured.
“We lost three soldiers and counted eight attackers. They [attackers] are identified as member of Mundari tribe,” a military officer in Mongalla told Sudan Tribune by phone.
Al-Shabaab has claimed full responsibility for a deadly suicide car bomb attack on the headquarters of Somalia’s traffic police in the capital, Mogadishu on Monday morning.
A bomber drove his car packed with explosives at the gates of the police compound in Shangani district, and then followed a heavy exchange of gunfire between attackers and the security guards.
Tribes of deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have sworn allegiance to Isis: Site refers it.