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Libya: UN Security Council strengthens arms embargo amid ongoing Tripoli fighting

The UN Security Council Monday extended for one year the existing arms embargo on Libya in a move welcomed by the UN Chief who asked all countries to implement the ban on the North African country, which has become a terrain of international influence. Members of the council unanimously voted in favor of the ban […]

Italy: probe into death of Moroccan-Italian key witness in trials involving Ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi

The Italian police has opened an investigation into the death of an Italian model of Moroccan origin who has been key in the prosecution against former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi involved in a sex scandal with a Moroccan teenager, Karima El Mahroug, known as “Ruby”. Imane Fadil, 34, an important witness in the sex scandal […]

Chad wants to stop gold smuggling to Libya estimated at $91m every week

Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Déby has vowed to curtail the gold smuggling business depriving his country weekly of around $91 million in the advantage of Libya. The head of the Chadian Transitional Military Council who took over from his father General Idriss Deby killed in April last year, told State radio that the shady business […]