Here is your weekly news bringing for 26 OCT – 01 NOV 2017.

 

Violence amid Kenya election rerun

https://www.voanews.com/a/kenya-presidential-election/4086895.html

 

US Army pushing more support for Chad Basin in stability effort

https://www.army.mil/article/195852/us_army_africa_pushing_more_support_to_lake_chad_basin_to_reinforce_us_stability_efforts

 

US says Congo must hold elections in 2018 or lose international support

https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN1CW1HP-OZATP

 

Trump Administration extends 2006 emergency status on Sudan, citing individual sanctions in Darfur violence

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article63888

 

Iraq launches last offensive against ISIS in Iraq, pushing on Syrian border

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq/iraq-launches-final-offensive-on-islamic-state-near-syrian-border-idUSKBN1CV058

 

Iraq to take control of Kurdish border crossings

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41816138

 

UN report concludes Assads regime was responsible for Sarin gas attack in April 2017

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41771133

 

Mattis: North Korean nuclear threat accelerating.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41787235

 

Catalonia Independence update

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41794087