Libya: Education Minister sentenced to jail over textbook shortage scandal

Libya’s Education Minister, Moussa al-Megarief, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison following his involvement in a 2021 school textbook shortage, the attorney general’s office revealed on Sunday March 16. A Tripoli appeal Court also imposed a fine of 1,000 dinars (around $200) and stripped Megarief of his civil rights for […]

Rwanda, UNHCR & AU agree to evacuate refugees out of Libya

Rwanda, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the African Union have signed this Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a transit mechanism for evacuating refugees out of Libya. Under the agreement, the Government of Rwanda will receive and provide protection to refugees and asylum-seekers who are currently being held in detention centers in […]

French President vows to help Morocco at UN, EU

French President Emmanuel Macon said his country will help Morocco in international organizations including the UN and the EU as it seeks to defend its sovereignty over the territory and its autonomy plan as a sole solution to the regional dispute. Macron made the remark in a speech to the French diaspora in Morocco, as […]