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EU Trust Fund Bêkou for Central African Republic extended until 2020

The European Commission announced this Wednesday the extension of the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (CAR) until the end of 2020.   The Bêkou Trust Fund (meaning “hope” in Sango) was created in July 2014 to address the political and security crisis of 2013 in CAR and remains a critical instrument to […]

Libya: The rival governments warn E.U of maneuvering off Libyan shores

The two rival governments in Libya have reacted to the agreement reached by EU’s foreign ministers to launch a naval operation to combat human-traffickers who have brought thousands of migrants to Italian, Maltese and Greek shores. The Libyan coast is under the control of the Tripoli government but the internationally recognized government warned that it […]

Panic in Algeria over Potential Eviction of Polisario from AU, Jeune Afrique says

As soon as Morocco expressed and submitted its reintegration request to the African Union, panic spread among the kingmakers in the Algerian regime amid prospects of an upcoming eviction of the Polisario from the pan-African organisation, France-based Algerian journalist Farid Alilat wrote on Jeune Afrique magazine. The journalist, who is well versed on Algerian domestic […]