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Somali president calls for immediate ceasefire after dozens were killed in Somaliland

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called for a ceasefire after clashes in a disputed town in the breakaway region of Somaliland left at least 13 people dead. Tensions have been building in Las Anod, the capital of the contested Sool region, since December last year, as the region has been a point of conflict […]

Libya: UN Chief appoints Acting Special Representative

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has named deputy of his former envoy to Libya, Stephanie Turco Williams, as Acting Special Representative in Libya until appointment of a new successor to resigning Ghassan Salamé. The US UN officer has been deputy of the Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) since 2018. Before […]

Tunisia: Ennahda names VP to run for 15 September snap election

Tunisia’s biggest moderate Islamist party Ennahda has nominated its Vice President to run for the advanced September 15 elections, first time since the transition. The party, the largest in the parliament, chose Abdel Fattah Mourou, a 71-year old lawyer as its presidential candidate. Mourou is the current interim speaker of the House of Representative after […]