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Islamist militants kill 18 in attack in eastern Congo
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-security/islamist-militants-kill-18-in-attack-in-eastern-congo-idUSKBN1YY1F6
“Islamist militants have killed 18 people in an attack on a village in eastern Congo, a regional official and a local human rights group said on Monday, the latest in a 60-day counter-offensive that has killed nearly 200 civilians.
The attack occurred in Apetina, in a remote forested area a few miles from the Ugandan border where attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist group, have increased since Oct. 30, when the army launched a campaign to root them out.
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has said the campaign has dismantled nearly all of the ADF’s sanctuaries, but attacks continue unabated. Earlier this month, 22 were killed in ambushes on two villages in the same region.
“There was a raid by ADF rebels in…??Apetina on Sunday night. These rebels killed 18 people and burned down eight houses,” said Donat Kibwana, the administrator of Beni territory.
He said that the army was alerted to the attack but arrived after the killings had occurred. CEPADHO, a human rights group, also said that 18 had been killed.
The Congolese government has blamed the ADF for attacks going back years, including dozens of night-time massacres since 2014 that have killed hundreds of civilians. But repeated military operations have failed to fully eradicate the group.
The recent surge in violence has complicated efforts to stamp out an Ebola outbreak in the area. Infections have started to rise in areas health workers have been unable to access because of insecurity.
The U.S. Treasury this month imposed sanctions on six members of the ADF, including its leader Musa Baluku. Islamic State has claimed some ADF attacks this year, but researchers say there is a lack of hard evidence linking the two groups.”
Armed groups make one million dollars per month from illegal mine extraction in Badakhshan
http://www.afghanistantimes.af/armed-groups-make-one-million-dollars-per-month-from-illegal-mine-extraction-in-badakhshan/
“The armed opposition groups make at least one million dollars from illegally demining of gold and lapis lazuli mines in the northeastern Badakhshan province, civil society activists in the province claim.
The activists said Monday that big parts of mines in Badakhshan are in control of the opposition armed groups who according to the activists, gain about 35,000 dollars per day.
Though illegal demining by armed opposition groups is not a fresh issue, but extracting of nearly 49 kilograms of gold every day has made civil society activists concerned.
“The Badakhshan mines are looted partly by armed opposition groups and partly by powerful individuals,” said Saifoddin Sayyas, head of provincial civil society network.
Mamooruddin Koofi, deputy head of Badakhshan residents’ council, said that the mines in the province are extracted “barbarically” by officials in the presidential palace, cabinet members and local powerful persons who are in close relationships with the government.
The ministry of mines and petroleum admits illegal mine extraction by opposition groups, powerful individuals and local resident, but says such events seldom happen in the government-controlled areas.
“The powerful people who oppose the law enforcement, will face serious reaction. You know that we prevented illegal demining in most areas,” said Abdul Qadir Mottaqi, spokesman of the ministry.”
Over 1,600 Syrian fighters in Turkey readying for Libya
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/libya/2019/12/30/over-1600-syrian-fighters-in-turkey-readying-for-libya_67740044-18cb-4833-b7a0-7cc923c66fb3.html
“Over 1,600 Syrian mercenary fighters have transferred to Turkish training camps in preparation for being sent to Libya to fight against the forces of Fayez al-Sarraj against the offensive by General Khalifa Haftar, said the NGO Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Monday.
As of Sunday, SOHR had spoken of 900 to 1,000 militants in Turkish camps and 300 who had already arrived in Tripoli.
According to SOHR sources, the fighters are part of the militias of Sultan Murat and Suleyman Shah and the al-Mu’tasim Division, loyal to Ankara.
They came from the area of Afrin, a former Kurdish enclave in northern Syria that was taken by Turkey in 2018 with the help of local militias.
Authorities in Ankara did not provide any official information on the operation.
The Turkish Parliament, convened for an extraordinary session, will vote Thursday on the motion to authorise sending the army to Libya in support of Sarraj.”
DAILY MAIL – Revealed: Jihadi Jack ‘married into a top ISIS family and has been playing down his status within the terror group’
Jack Letts is ‘downplaying’ his status within ISIS, says one documentary maker
The Muslim convert, 24, from Oxfordshire, declared himself an ‘enemy of Britain’
His parents have pleaded for him to be allowed to return and face trial in the UK
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7838223/Jihadi-Jack-married-ISIS-family-claims-filmmaker.html
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CBC – Mark Carney warns action against climate crisis ‘absolutely necessary’
Mark Carney, the United Nations incoming special envoy for climate action and finance, is likening the climate crisis to a financial crisis — and says action by the financial sector to help tackle the issue is ‘absolutely necessary.’
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Predictions for 2020:
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/12/30/heres-what-is-whats-going-to-happen-in-2020-n2558641