The uprising in Syria has led the European Union (EU) to employ an instrument it rarely uses in the Mediterranean: sanctions. Since May 2011, the EU has deployed its sanctions toolbox in support of the anti-regime uprising in Syria. The objective of the EU is to increase pressure on the Assad regime to end repression, […]
Niger government summoned Algeria’s ambassador to protest against the violent treatment suffered by Nigerien migrants who have been suffering rights breaches in southern Algeria. The showdown is the latest in a series of events that drew the two countries apart, starting from the refusal of Niger’s new leadership of an Algerian mediation in the country. […]
The Libyan National Army (LNA), headed by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, said Thursday it arrested commander Mahmoud al-Werfalli wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes. The army, which controls most parts of Eastern Libya, also said Haftar ordered Werfalli’s investigation. “We inform you that the defendant in your judicial case, Mahmoud al-Werfalli, […]
