Tag: Libya

Algeria: 30 Terror Cells Dismantled in 2016

December 26, 2016

Algerian internal security forces have been able to bust 30 terror and recruiting cells over the first ten months of 2016, reports say. The work ... Read More

Tunisia: Terror Cell with Links in Algeria & Libya Busted

December 23, 2016

The Tunisian Interior Ministry Thursday announced it dismantled a five-member terror cell in contact with jihadists in neighboring Libya and Algeria. The cell according to ... Read More

Libya: US Announces Official End of Air Campaign in Sirte

December 21, 2016

The US Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart announced Tuesday that it ceased the air campaign against the Islamic State group (IS) in the Libyan coastal ... Read More

Washington Warns U.S. Citizen against Travel to Algeria

December 20, 2016

The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to Algeria due to a high threat of terrorist attacks and kidnappings in this ... Read More

RiskMap2017: Morocco Most Secure, Politically Stable in North Africa

December 20, 2016

Risks, a specialist risk consultancy, published its annual study on trends in global risk and security, The Risk Map, which ranks Morocco as one of ... Read More

EU Approves €37 million Package to Tackle Migration Challenges in North Africa

December 20, 2016

The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa last week adopted a €37 million package to increase protection of migrants and to strengthen effective migration management ... Read More

Libya: Sirte is ISIS-Free but Terrorism War Unfinished, PM Serraj

December 19, 2016

Prime Minister-designate of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj has officially announced “the end of military operations” against the Islamic State ... Read More

African Union’s Deafening Silence Regarding Deportations of Sub-Saharans by Algeria

December 17, 2016

The President of the African Union Commission, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, came under harsh criticism for her deafening silence on the violations of human rights ... Read More

Morocco in the TOP 3 of Africa’s Largest Reinsurance Markets

December 14, 2016

Morocco was ranked third in Africa’s fastest growing reinsurance markets in the Africa Reinsurance Pulse 2016, an annual report issued by Schanz, Alms & Company. ... Read More

Libya: GNA forces rescue last buildings from IS in Sirte

December 7, 2016

Libyan forces aligned with UN-backed unity government Tuesday said they took last few buildings controlled by the Islamic State group (IS) in the city of ... Read More