When Susan Rice withdrew her name from the consideration for nomination for Secretary of State, she did so largely to save the White House from a costly political fight. Over the previous weeks, Senators John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, and Lindsay Graham had attacked her vigorously for not calling the attack on the US consulate in […]
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 […]
US ambassador to Burkina Faso has tested positive to the Coronavirus and announced the isolation of the mission staff diagnosed with the disease, Anadolu news agency reports. “I received a positive test for COVID-19,” Andrew Young said on Twitter. The West African country has confirmed 99 cases, including 4 members of the cabinet namely education […]
