A United Nations’ International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague opens a trial with a frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling the country’s 1994 genocide on Thursday (29 September), nearly three decades after the 100-day massacre left 800,000 dead. Félicien Kabuga is one of the last fugitives charged over the genocide […]
The Interior ministry has confirmed that his department has prohibited political parties from distributing food aid to the needy during the confinement. The Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit, who was speaking to MPs, did not elaborate why his department took such a decision. However, observers see the move as a step to prevent political parties, especially […]
A flight of Egypt’s national carrier EgyptAir landed Tuesday at Tripoli’s Mitiga International Airport for the first time since 2014. The flights, according to the airliner, will continue till October 11 to transport groups of tourists from Libya to the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The flag carrier will operate a weekly […]
