Egypt Seeks Alternative Funds for Suez Canal Project

      Cairo — Ministers of planning, finance and investment discussed on Monday alternative funding sources for the new Suez Canal project in a joint meeting with the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority.

The channel part of a larger project to expand port and shipping facilities around the canal, is aiming to raise Egypt's international profile and establish it as a major trade hub. 

Issues on top of the meeting's agenda included the present economic situation, the level of foreign reserves, energy needs, and funding the Suez Canal project.

Minister of Finance, Hany Dimian, reported change in the international outlook on the Egyptian political and economic situation, which he said indicates that Egypt is moving on the "right track."

Dimian added that he expects approximately 22 billion Egyptian pounds worth of investments in Egypt's communications sector.

Central Africa Town Stormed by Gunmen

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/09/central-african-republic-attack-20149317591947257.html

Ex-Seleka rebels recently stormed a central African town, killing a reported five and injuring numerous others. These occurrences happen often, as the down cast rebels seem to search for some way, any way, to bite back at their loss.


Witnesses say the men entered the town yelling, and began shooting at the ground, as well as pushing and shoving residents. They yelled war cries, and talked of the genocide and mass displacement that ravaged the country years earlier. Often times, when rebels and uprisings are put down, the militants will strike back venomously at anyone that they can. This is just another instance.

It's time for the African Militaries to join together and search out all the remaining rebels and killers responsible for Rwanda and other atrocities, and terminate them.

Egypt: 11 Killed in Attack On Security Convoy in Sinai

North Sinai — Eleven security personnel were killed in an attack on a security convoy in North Sinai on Tuesday.

Interior spokesman Hany Abdel Latif told Aswat Masriya that a landmine exploded on the Rafah-
Sheikh Zuweid road.
Police forces and unidentified assailants engaged in crossfire following the explosion, reported state run news agency MENA. Those killed included one officer and ten conscripts. Two more security personnel were injured in the attack, according to a security source in the North Sinai Security Headquarters.
A fact-sheet prepared by Egypt's ministry of foreign affairs put the death toll for terrorism acts which took place since January 2011 and until April 2014 at 971, including 664 security personnel.

Algerian Soccer Player Killed

          Saturday, Algerian football club is not allowed to use their stadium because of the death of one of their football players. He was killed by something thrown by the crowd of fans. They might even be thrown out of national and international competitions.
          JS Kayblie was stopped from  playing November 1 at a stadium in Tizi Ouzou, where their striker Albert Ebosse was fatally hit. Kayblie might also be thrown out of national competitions and the African Championship League.
           Ebosse, 24, was hit with a sharp object that appeared to be a rock. The fan was allegedly upset about their 2-1 loss. Ebosse suffered head trauma and internal bleeding. He was rushed to the hospital where he later died. JS Kayblie is not allowed to play in Tizi Ouzou while his death is being investigating.


http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/08/26/algerian-soccer-club-faces-more-sanctions-after-player-killed-by-object-thrown/

Rebel Attack On Prison, Could The U.S. Step In?

On August 31 in Mogadishu, Somalia, 38 Al Shabaab members attacked a high level security prison. It unknown what the true reason was to attack the prison, but it’s stated that they may have done it in order to free some of their other members that were sentence to death and wait to be executed. The attack is said to have started by car bomb followed many rounds of gunfire, and at least 6 other explosions going off during the gunfire. During the attack 7 Al Shabaab members, 2 security guards were killed, and about 15 civilians were badly injured. As a result on the attack, U.S. military forces conducted an operation on September 1. 

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Mali’s Rebel Groups Agree to End Hostilities

David Gressly, with the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, says he thinks all parties realize they share a common interest in a comprehensive agreement.

“It is absolutely essential to have an agreement in the north of Mali if we want stability, a return of development, to remove the sense of isolation and marginalization that many in the North feel, even those who did not take arms in rebellion,” he said.

This means over the next coming days Mali will know peace.

http://www.voanews.com/content/mali-rebels-groups-agree-to-end-hostilities/2432098.html

Central Africa

"Central Africa: FDLR Demobilization Provides Some Light, but Not End of the Tunnel"

http://allafrica.com/stories/201409010929.html

In the aftermath of the Hutu exodus and genocide, there are still traces of the FDLR in Rwanda. Their force is estimated to be at around 1500 people strong, with about 300 of the soldiers being original genocide-era. They mostly terrorize the natives in the more remote parts of Rwanda, and can not make much of a strong move against the Rwandan military any longer.