Halayeb triangle

Burkina Faso: army summarily executed 223 civilians, babies — rights group

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Burkina Faso’s military forces of “summarily executing” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two northern villages in February as part of its campaigns against civilians suspected of collaborating with armed groups. Soldiers killed at least 44 people, including 20 children, in Nondin, and 179 people, including 36 […]

France mulls ending visa-free entry for Algerian diplomats, officials

France is considering imposing visa requirements on holders of Algerian diplomatic passport, amid a brewing crisis that prompted French officials to vow to retaliate against what they considered as a series of Algerian disrespect, which included arbitrary arrests of a dual-national novelist, instigation of diaspora, and refusal to admit nationals expelled from France for spreading […]

Morocco stresses need for UN involvement in settling Libyan crisis

Morocco believes in the need for the UN to have an active role in endowing legitimacy to any political process that would put an end to the conflict in Libya, foreign minister Nasser Bourita said. The call for an active UN involvement in Libya was made following talks in Rabat with Stephanie Khoury, the UN’s […]