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Egypt: Critical Al Jazeera channel suspends transmission

Al Jazeera Mubashir Misr (Al Jazeera Live Egypt) will be suspending its broadcast in a move that is widely being considered as the mending of ties between Qatar and Egypt. The channel is part of the Qatari owned Al Jazeera network and has been renowned for its heavy criticism against President Sisi and his government. […]

Libya: GNA appoints Defense Minister, new Chief of Army Staff

The head of the Libyan government of national unity (GNA) on Saturday appointed a new Minister of Defense and a new Chief of Army Staff. Fayez al-Sarraj, at the head of the GNA, appointed Colonel Salah Eddine al-Namruch to the Defense portfolio and Mohamad Ali al-Haddad as Chief of Staff of the Libyan army. Ali […]

Côte d’Ivoire to pull out contingent from UN peace keepers in Mali in backdrop of bilateral crisis

Côte d’Ivoire Tuesday informed the Unite Nations about its decision to gradually withdraw its forces taking part in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), amid ongoing feud between Abidjan and Bamako. The Ivorian mission to New York, in a correspondence to Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, said the West […]