UN Security Council proposes dispatching of peacekeeping forces to Libya

Tunisia, President of the UN Security Council in January, called on the global body to send peacekeeping forces to Libya to support the fragile ceasefire agreed between various factions fighting for the control of the oil-rich North African country. Tarek Ladeb, Tunisia’s ambassador to the UN, told reporters that he hoped the Security Council’s upcoming […]

Cameroon: Over a hundred abductions by armed separatists before elections (HRW)

At least a hundred individuals were abducted by armed separatists in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon before the legislative and municipal elections of Feb.9, revealed Human Rights Watch (HRW), which accused the soldiers of “new abuses”. “Armed separatists (…) kidnapped over 100 people, burned property, and threatened voters in the run-up to the elections,” the […]

France threatens ‘firm response’ as Algeria expels diplomats

France said it will take a “firm” and “proportionate” response, after Algeria asked more French diplomats to leave the country. Algeria has declared 15 French diplomats persona non grata and asked them to immediately leave the country, in a new episode of an escalating tension between the two countries. The Algerian decision is part of […]