Libya at war

Algeria: State-Owned IMETAL Takes over ArcelorMittal’s Shares in Three Companies

Algerian public company IMETAL specialized in metal work and steel industry took control on Sunday of shares of Indian giant ArcelorMittal in ArcelorMittal Algérie (AMA,) ArcelorMittal Pipes and Tubes Algeria (AMPTA) and ArcelorMittal Tebessa (AMT,) reports say. The deal has been in the pipeline since October last year. The Indian giant controlled 49 per cent […]

South Sudan’s collapsing peace sparks fears of regional turmoil, UN warns

Renewed violence in South Sudan is threatening to plunge the country — and its neighbors — into deeper instability, UN officials warned this week. Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, told the UN Security Council that South Sudan’s fragile peace process is unraveling, with escalating clashes between government forces and rival militias eroding the 2018 […]

Libya : New cabinet and foreign intervention rejected

The House of Representatives, Libya’s parliament based in Tobruk, has rejected a team of cabinet ministers presented by Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni to form the new government. The rejection comes as another blow to the political transition of a country that seems to head for a civil war. According to Speaker Faraj Hashim, one of […]