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Es-Smara blasts, a ‘terrorist act’ that would not go unpunished – Moroccan UN representative

The projectiles fired into Smara on Saturday killing one and injuring three others are a “terrorist act” and an “act of war” that will not go unpunished, said Omar Hilale Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN. Speaking to the press after the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara for […]

Bouteflika’s Fifth Term Haunts Upcoming Algerian Presidential Elections

Algeria has finally announced the holding of presidential elections among indicators that ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika may run for a fifth term. The 81-year-old president who has been in power since 1999 has not spoken in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013. Yet, indicators show that the king makers within the Algerian regime […]

Libya: US Convinced of IS downfall in Sirte Any Time Soon

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter predicted Wednesday that the Islamic State group would be defeated very soon as Libyan forces, aided by US airpower, take on the terrorist group in its last position in the city of Sirte. “I expect that they’ll eliminate …. remaining opposition shortly,” Ash Carter told a news conference in London. […]