Egypt: Transport Minister resigns after train crash

Egypt’s minister of transport, Hisham Arafat, has resigned from his position in the wake of the train crash that killed Wednesday at least 20. A cabinet statement said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli has accepted Arafat’s resignation following the deadly train crash in Ramses Station, Cairo’s main one. At least 20 people died in a large […]

Libya’s GNU opposes appointment of Senegalese diplomat as new UN Special envoy

Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU), one of the two administrations vying for power in the country has rejected the UN proposal to appoint Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bitali as the new Special Envoy to the struggling oil-rich African country. The rejection surfaced as the UN Security Council was to convene Monday to vote on the […]

Moroccan, Spanish Interior Ministers Want Promotion of Legal Migration

Migration topped the agenda of a meeting between Interior ministers of Morocco and Spain Abdelouafi Laftit and Fernando Grande-Marlaska who both stressed on Saturday in Madrid the need for promoting legal migration as Spain became the main gate for illegal crossings to Europe. The Spanish minister told the press following the meeting that both countries […]