Mauritanie

Ex-Ivorian Leader Gbagbo Requests Unconditional Release

Côte d’Ivoire’s former president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court a release without conditions while awaiting the prosecution’s appeal against his acquittal.   Gbagbo, the first former head of state ever to stand trial at the ICC, and his aide Charles Ble Goude were cleared on 15 January 2019 over involvement in […]

Ethiopia’s Amhara state hit by protests over govt’s plan to disarm regional forces

Scores of people have been killed in huge protests that have taken place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region for the past few days against the federal government’s plan to disarm regional paramilitary force. The plan by the Ethiopian government to disarm Amhara State’s volunteer civilian militia has sparked protests and deadly clashes in the northern part […]

Morocco continues efforts to narrow gap between Libyan rivals

After the launch of the Bouznika talks that led to a breakthrough in appointing senior government officials, Morocco’s Tangier is hosting a meeting bringing together members of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR). In a speech delivered at the official opening of the consultative meeting Tuesday, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita renewed Morocco’s commitment to […]