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The army in the Democratic Republic of Congo, backed by UN forces, has forced M23 rebels to retreat to their mountain holdout near the eastern border with Uganda, the rebels said Tuesday.
After 36 hours of silence, the rebel Movement of March 23 (M23) published a statement on its website to say that the withdrawal was “in no way a sign of weakness”, but a tactical retreat to Bunagana, the base of its political leaders.
Fighting resumed on Friday between the army and rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, just days after peace talks were suspended.
Clashes took place some 25 kilometres (16 miles) to the north of the strategic eastern city of Goma, rebel spokesman Vianney Kazarama told AFP.
Tunisian security forces last night captured al-Khatib al-Idrissy, who is thought to be the chief of outlawed fundamentalist Islamist militia group Ansar al-Shariah Tunisia, sources said Friday.
He was captured in the central town of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun, where Islamic militia killed six national guardsmen on Wednesday. A police officer was gunned down in a separate clash on the same day.
Five members of the Tunisian National Guard Forces were killed on Wednesday during clashes with militants thought to be affiliated to Jihadists in the mountainous area south of the capital Tunis.
The clashes took place in Sidi Ali Belaoun village in Sidi Bouzid governorate, Tunisia’s arid heartland.
There are conflicting reports about the exact casualties, as some media put the death toll higher at seven, but the state TV said at least three were killed.
Ogaden National Liberation Front “ONLF,” official have claimed that their fighters attacked on Kebridahar town Airport on last week.
Our aim for this attack was to disrupt the visiting delegation in Ogaden and send a clear message to the puppet administration that serves only the colonial agendas in our people and land. The official said to Ogadentoday Press on the phone.
Fourteen days given by International Conference of the Great Lakes of Kinshasa Government and to the March 23 movement rebellion to find a pacific solution in the est of Congo are largely passed without producing results. Government delegation pratically has boycotted the reunion in Kampala presenting themselves only four days on fourteen.
Joseph Kabila president prentends inconditional surrender of rebellion ignoring requests made by M23: disarmament of rwandan terrorist group FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), return of congolese refugees of tutsi origin (more than 150,000), reinstatement of M23 in regular army, amnesty for commanders of rebellion.
Tunisian security forces have killed 10 Islamist militants near the border with Algeria during a three-day operation against gunmen who attacked police patrols in the remote northern region, the government said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said the militants belonged to Ansar al-Sharia, the most radical Islamist group to emerge in the North African country since the 2011 uprising ousted its autocratic leader and triggered revolts across the region.
