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Troops fight Ebola through education and training
By Staff Sgt. V. Michelle Woods United States Africa Command Stuttgart, Germany, November 25, 2014 A 34-year-old man enters an Ebola treatment unit speaking another language. He looks cold, sickly and frustrated. An ETU volunteer is screening a woman...
Somalie : un convoi de l'ONU attaqué à Mogadiscio
Quatre personnes au moins ont été tuées mercredi 3 décembre dans un attentat commis par un kamikaze qui a lancé une voiture piégée contre un convoi de l'Organisation des nations unies (ONU) près de l'aéroport de la capitale somalienne, Mogadiscio. « Le...
Nigeria Ends US Mission To Counter Boko Haram
The Nigerian government has ended a US effort to train a battalion of its troops to fight Boko Haram, an Islamist terrorist group that is responsible for abducting hundreds of schoolgirls earlier this year, according to the State Department. “We regret...
Kenya al-Shabab massacre: Kenyatta replaces security chiefs
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has replaced his interior minister and police chief following a massacre by Islamist group al-Shabab. The president asked Kenyans to unite, and said: "We will not flinch in war against terrorists." Kenya's police chief...
'Profoundly concerned' over violence in Libya, Security Council warns of possible sanctions
26 November 2014 The Security Council today expressed its “profound concern” over the deteriorating situation in Libya and its impact on regional peace and stability, warning of the possibility of sanctions. In a press-statement issued this morning, the...
DR Congo: Security Council condemns massacres of civilians, attacks on peacekeepers
26 November 2014 The United Nations Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the massacres perpetrated against civilians on 20 November near the city of Beni in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as the ongoing...
Bombing of mosque in nothern Nigeria
29 November 2014 Condemning the “horrific” attack on Kano Central Mosque, which killed dozens of people and injured hundreds of others, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the authorities to bring the perpetrators to just and reaffirmed the United...
Pentagon seeks protective bubble for Ebola patients
To avoid problems caused by faulty biohazard suits used in tropical climates, the Pentagon is rushing to develop by January a portable "Care Cube" that would envelope patients infected with the Ebola virus while allowing caregivers to work without wearing...
Libyan Prime Minister says Tripoli bombing will stop when extremists surrender
Abdullah al-Thinni refuses UN call to end air strikes on rebel-held positions in the capital, seized by Libya Dawn in August. Libya’s prime minister has refused a UN call to halt two days of air strikes against rebel-held positions in Tripoli as the country’s...
La coopération militaire franco-marocaine se porte bien, surtout dans le domaine naval
Le 26/11/14 Si les relations diplomatiques entre Paris et Rabat sont parfois tendues – et elles le sont depuis le dépôt, en France, d’une plainte pour tortures contre Abdelattif Hammouchi, le chef du contre-espionnage marocain – les militaires des deux...