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Libya: Six forces slain in attack on checkpoint

An attack blamed on the Islamic State group (ISIS) left Thursday at least six forces of the interior ministry aligned with Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) dead, reports say. The incident took place at a checkpoint laying on the highway between the town of Zilten and the Libyan capital Tripoli. Western Libya, is controlled […]

Mauritania Signs $4.13 Billion in FADES Financing Agreements to Boost Transport and Water Infrastructure

On Monday, 15 December 2025, Mauritania’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Abdallahi Souleymane Sheikh Sidiya, signed two major financing agreements with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (FADES) in Nouakchott, in the presence of Ministers of Equipment and Transport, Ely Ould El Veirik, and Hydraulics and Sanitation, Amal mint Maouloud. The total […]

Sarkozy in custody for getting illicit campaign funds from Gaddafi

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been held for interrogation for allegedly getting illicit funds from ousted Gaddafi’s regime for his 2007 successful presidential bid. He was summoned for questioning at a police station in Nanterre, north-west Paris, on Tuesday, several European media reported. The former President is suspected of getting illicit funds from former […]