News Roundup – 16 February 2015
Nigeria’s Boko Haram launches first attack in Chad and Boko Haram issues new threat against Niger, Chad
Niger arrests more than 160 Boko Haram suspects at Nigerian border
Burundi launches inquiry into reports of rebel executions
Bomb hits pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir oilfield
ISIL video purports to show beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya, and in reaction Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya
Shelling halts in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
Ukraine military says some rebel shelling but ceasefire generally observed
Scores said dead in intensified fighting in southern Syria
Lebanon’s Hezbollah acknowledges battling the Islamic State in Iraq
Iraq’s pro-Iranian Shiite militias lead the war against the Islamic State
Fighting in Yemen leaves 26 dead amid protests against rebel rule, whilst Yemen’s neighbours demand UN action to halt rebel advance
Sri Lanka’s president promises to initiate legal action on war crimes
U.N. Delays Release of Report on Possible War Crimes in Sri Lanka
47 Myanmar soldiers reported dead in clashes with Kokang rebels, in reaction Myanmar launches airstrikes against northern rebels
Chris Jenks on the UN Report on the Central African Republic: Is the Glass Reflecting the International Community’s Efforts Half-Empty or Half-Full?
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels