Libya names Haftar as army chief

Libya's internationally recognised government in Tobruk names former controversial anti-Islamist Khalifa Haftar as the new head of the national army.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Mar

Anti-Islamist general Haftar named head of Libyan army

A once-retired general leading a sweeping offensive against Islamists has been named head of the Libyan army loyal to the country’s internationally recognised parliament, an official said Monday, in a move expected to deepen divisions in the conflict-riven nation.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Profile: Libya's renegade General Khalifa Haftar

Libya's Khalifa Haftar, military leader accused of coup

 

5 years ago

BBC

04 Jun

Libya conflict: GNA 'regains full control of Tripoli' from Gen Haftar

Gen Khalifa Haftar's forces have been besieging the capital for more than a year.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Malawi arrests former army chief

The former head of Malawi's armed forces is arrested as part of an on going investigation into government corruption known as "cashgate".

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Feb

Army chief says he will run for president: paper

>Egypt’s top military commander Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in comments published in Kuwait today that he has decided to run in the presidential election scheduled for April.

 

11 years ago

BBC

S Sudan president sacks army chief

South Sudan's president sacks the head of the national army amid reports of military setbacks - including rebels seizing the oil hub of Bentiu.

 

9 years ago

BBC

23 Aug

Militants ambush Nigerian army chief

Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying the new head of the Nigerian army through Borno state, the military says.

 

9 years ago

BBC

11 Sep

Burundi army chief targeted in shooting

Burundi's army chief of staff General Prime Niyongabo survives an assassination attempt on a busy road in the capital, Bujumbura.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Guinea-Bissau army chief sacked

Guinea-Bissau's president dismisses the head of the armed forces, Gen Antonio Indjai, who has been indicted in the US on drugs-trafficking charges.

 

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