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Islamist militias launched an air strike near key oil terminals in eastern Libya today, stepping up a battle for the government-held facilities, a security official said.
It was the first time that Fajr Libya, a coalition of Islamist militias, carried out an air raid on the oil region of Al-Hilal, which is home to the Al-Sidra, Ras Lanuf and Brega terminals.
Rebel group fighters clashed with pro-government forces for the second consecutive day on Sunday as they pressed an advance on a key oil region in eastern Libya, sources on both sides reported.
Separately, at least four Fajr Libya militiamen were killed and 10 wounded in an air strike by pro-government forces near the Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia, a military source said.
Holdout rebels clashed this week with the Sudanese army in North and Central Darfur states, as the African mediation prepare to resume talks for a comprehensive cessation of hostilities in Addis Ababa.
The spokesperson of the Sudan Liberation Movement –Abdel Wahid al-Nur (SLM-AW), Mustafa Tamboor told Sudan Tribune they repelled a military convoy of the Sudan Armed Forces that attempted to enter into Jaldo a rebel-held area in central Darfur state last Thursday.
A newly formed organization, the Shura Mujahidin Council (SMC), urged today the Libyan Islamist militias to form a coalition to confront the offensive announced by the government of Prime Minister Abdallah al Thinni.
SMC, made up of unknown members, issued a statement accusing Al Thinni and the militia of the self-called Libyan National Army (LNA) of destroying the city of Benghazi, while urging all opposition forces to join in a single organization.
Al-Shabaab militants have beheaded two Somali policewomen, prompting a policeman to kill five women linked to the group who were being held for a possible swap of captives, an official said on Wednesday.
The policeman killed the women - all wives of rebels from the Somali Islamist group - after discovering the dead bodies of his policewoman wife and her colleague, Tayeglow district commissioner Mohamed Abdallah told Reuters.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has said that a military campaign to liberate Tripoli is continuing.
‘’Our troops are moving towards Tripoli to liberate it,'’ Thinni told Al Arabiya News Channel, adding that his forces were advancing from the west and would also seize the main border crossing to Tunis.
Ugandan rebels wielding machetes and axes have killed 36 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local authorities say.
The raid in the area of Beni in North Kivu province was confirmed by a military spokesman and a local official.