Fayez al-Sarraj, head of the Presidency Council and Prime minister-designate of the Government of National Accord (GNA), is expected to meet with some members of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) in Cairo this Friday to discuss the new cabinet members list that is yet to get the vote of confidence of the parliament. Ageela […]
A senior UN counter-terrorism official has warned about the escalating threat level that the Islamic State (ISIL/Daesh) and other related terrorist groups pose to West Africa and particularly the Sahel amid the growing political unrest and instability in the region. Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), in a briefing to the […]
The inhumane conditions imposed on thousands of Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run camps of Tindouf in Algeria, coupled with a bloody crackdown on dissent, are creating conditions auguring for violent uprising. This week, disenchanted youth from Oulad Tidrarine tribe revolted against the Polisario militias, torching vehicles and exchanging fire in full media […]
