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UNIFIL to withdraw most peacekeepers by mid-2027 as mandate ends this year The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon will withdraw most of its troops by mid-2027, the mission said, laying out a timeline to wind down operations after its mandate expires on December 31, 2026, amid persistent tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border. “UNIFIL is planning to draw down and withdraw all, or substantially all, uniformed personnel by mid-year 2027,” spokesperson Kandice Ardiel said, adding the force intends to complete the pullout…

Uganda to withdraw troops from Somalia after 19 years, reshaping AU mission and security calculus Monday January 26, 2026 MOGADISHU — Uganda has announced plans to pull its troops out of Somalia after nearly two decades of continuous peacekeeping, a move that could alter the balance of security in a country still battling Al-Shabab and test the resilience of the African Union mission. In a brief statement posted on X on Sunday, Uganda’s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said the country’s…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali government forces captured nine villages from al-Shabab in western Hiiraan after militants withdrew ahead of a planned military advance, military officials said Sunday. The army moved into areas surrounding the El Adde settlement as part of a broader offensive to weaken the group’s long-standing hold over parts of the region. Officials said troops faced no resistance because al-Shabab fighters abandoned their positions before the units arrived. A senior officer involved in the operation said the…

Ceasefire Holds as Gazans Stream Back to Ruins and Uncertainty Under a truce that went into effect at midday local time, thousands of displaced Palestinians began a slow, solemn return to the shattered neighborhoods of Gaza on Saturday as Israeli forces pulled back from some urban positions. The first trickle of people soon became a flood, as families who had lived for months in tented camps walked north along the coastal road toward Gaza City, many stepping over rubble and past burnt-out buildings to stand again where…

UN: immediately withdraw Eritrean troops from Tigray NEW YORK, United States - The continued presence of Eritrean troops in parts of Tigray has again raised concerns from the United Nations Human Rights Council, which now wants the soldiers to be withdrawn "immediately". Over the past eight months, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces , Eritrean troops and those of the Amhara regional…

Eritrean troops withdraw from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region MEKELLE, Ethiopia - After months of complaints of human rights violations, rapes and killings, Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region have withdrew, reports say, just hours after the Ethiopian federal government declared a ceasefire. one-sided fire in the area. For months, Eritrean troops have controlled sections of…

TDF seizes Mekelle as Ethiopian troops withdraw from Tigray NAIROBI, Kenya - The Well-liked Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray in any other case generally known as the Tigray Protection Forces took over Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of the Tigray area, moments after the Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces withdrew . ENDF has been tenting in Tigray since November 2020 in…

Emmanuel Macron threatens to withdraw the French military if Mali moves in the direction of radical Islamism. In an interview with JDD, the French head of state also confirms his connection to the transition process after what he has already described as an "unacceptable coup". These remarks come when West African leaders meet to decide the thorny issue of their response to the second coup by the Malian…

In Ethiopia, it has now been two months since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed assured that the Eritrean army would withdraw from the province of Tigray, where it has been intervening since November with Ethiopian troops. Nevertheless, Asmara's troops are still active in the region. While Ethiopia would once again have asked for their resignation. But is an Eritrean withdrawal really a realistic option today?…

Eritrea told the UN Security Council on Friday that it had agreed to begin withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia's Tigray region and publicly recognizing for the first time the country's involvement in the conflict. The inclusion in a letter to the 15-member council - and published online by the Eritrean Ministry of Information - comes a day after UN Secretary-General Mark Lowcock said the world body had seen no evidence of Eritrean troops withdrawing. "As the looming serious threat has been largely counteracted,…