Tag: Libya

Libya: Sarkozy rejects receiving €50m from Gaddafi to finance the 2007 elections

November 16, 2016

Former French President and 2017 presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims by French and Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine who underlined that the French politician ... Read More

Libya: Serraj appoints finance minister to unlock CBL-held funds

November 15, 2016

Head of UN-backed Presidential Council (PC) Faiez Serraj has appointed finance minister to help release life-saving funds help up by Central Bank of Libya (CBL) ... Read More

Libya, “a priority situation” for the ICC in 2017, Bensouda

November 10, 2016

Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said in a briefing before the UN Security Council (UNSC) that Libya is high on her ... Read More

Morocco’s Civil Society Protests Reflect Maturity and Civic Virtues

November 4, 2016

The protests that have sparked in several Moroccan cities following the tragic death of a fish seller in Al Hoceima are reflective of the maturity ... Read More

Morocco’s Africa Foreign Policy, Bridging Continent’s East and West

November 3, 2016

A new momentum was added to Morocco’s Africa foreign policy with the recent eastern African tour undertaken by King Mohammed VI to Rwanda and Tanzania. ... Read More

Morocco Deplores AU Commission Chairperson’s Disregard of AU Constitutive Act

November 1, 2016

Morocco indirectly deplored the desperate anti-Moroccan stands shown by the African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma of South Africa, who fell short of distributing ... Read More

Tunisia Denies Housing a Secret US Military Base

October 28, 2016

Tunisia has denied reports that it is one of the countries allowing the US army to secretly use one of its military bases to carry ... Read More

Fears Rising Mosul Offensive Would Drive Moroccan Jihadists Back Home

October 19, 2016

International security experts have sounded the alarm that the foreign fighters enrolled in the Islamic State group in Iraq, including around 2,500 Moroccans, may be ... Read More

Libya: Italian Mafia Sells Arms to IS for Stolen Antiquities

October 18, 2016

An investigation run by Italian media La Stampa reveals that Italian criminal gangs have been meddling with the Islamic State group (IS) to which they ... Read More

Tunisia: Three IS Propagandists Pinned down

October 18, 2016

Tunisian security forces have netted three young Tunisians suspected of promoting the Islamic state group (IS) on the island of Djerba visited by thousands of ... Read More