Libya’s warring factions agreed on Monday to stop hostilities after nearly a week of deadly clashes south of the capital Tripoli. Under the truce, brokered by Bani Walid social council, fighters from the Tripoli Protection Force and the Seventh Brigade agreed to return to their respective cities. Fighting between the armed groups erupted last Wednesday […]
Heavy clashes broke out on Wednesday, September 24, in the western Libyan city of Zawiya, about 60 km west of Tripoli, between factions affiliated with the Government of National Unity (GNU). According to the Libyan News Agency, fighting erupted after the Interior Ministry’s Security Threats Apparatus arrested members of the Al-Kaboutat armed group, which is […]
King Mohammed VI underscored Morocco’s transitional justice experience and the equity and reconciliation commission as a crucial “building block” in the transition to democracy, in the consolidation of the rule of law and of institutions, and in the protection of freedoms. This came in a Royal letter to the participants in an international symposium on […]
