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South Africa: Turk seeks Presidential seat in May elections

Turkish-born citizen and leader of the South Africa National Democratic Movement (SANDM), Mehmet Vefa Dag, is seeking to sit at the helm of the country in May presidential elections, to become the first South African citizen of foreign origin to lead the most powerful African nation. The Cape Town-based politician’s party has entered into coalition […]

Tunisian court hands capital punishments to five following 2020 deadly tribal confrontations

The court of First Instance of the coastal city of Gabes, condemned Wednesday five people to capital punishments, a sixth person to life imprisonment, all of them charged with premeditated murder and possession of a firearm without a permit during a 2020 confrontation between two tribes in Ain skhouna, South of Tunisia. December 12, 2020, […]

Positive spirit shown at Libya’s political dialogue, UN

A political dialogue between the rival governments in Libya was held in Ghadames and for  the first time all the invited participants attended the UN-brokered talks seeking to end the Libyan war. Bernadino Leon, head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held separate meetings with the two governments before the dialogue started. […]