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Libya: Serraj warns against export of Gulf crisis to Libya

Head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday expressed fears that Libya could become a terrain of proxy war between Qatar and its neighbors, locked up in close to a two-year old diplomatic crisis. Fayez Serraj made the warning in an interview with Bloomberg at a time the military campaign against Tripoli launched […]

Algeria: Former Minister sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption

The former Algerian Minister of Relations with Parliament, Tahar Khaoua, was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison for corruption. Tahar Khaoua’s son, Zakaria, was given a four-year prison sentence with the confiscation of all assets and real estate of the accused, according to local media citing judicial sources. The same sources added that […]

Presidential polls in Tunisia expected in autumn 2024

Tunisians will head to polls in autumn next year to elect a new President or re-elect incumbent leader Kais Saied in power since 2019, the country’s independent electoral commission, ISIE, indicated Wednesday August 9. Mohamed Tlili Mansri, spokesperson for the Commission, told local media “Mosaïque FM” that per the 2014 election law that has not […]