Libya crisis

Libya’s embattled PM confident HoR’s confidence vote to rival cabinet will fail

Libya’s incumbent Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah Sunday told supporters that “the patriot parliament members” will ruin the confidence-granting session expected this Monday in the country’s legislature to inaugurate the cabinet of rival Fathi Bashagha, reports say. An unspecified number of demonstrators protested in capital Tripoli to demand elections after the scheduled Dec. 24 failed to […]

Foreign fighters from Europe hired to protect DRC’s resource-rich east from M23 rebels

Retired military officers from Europe are protecting the highly-prized resource-rich North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from falling to Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, according to a recent report by the Deutsche Welle (DW). Some of them pointed out, in an interview, that while the job is well paid, they must often deal […]

Moroccan novelist shortlisted for 2020 Prize of Five Continents of Francophonie

Moroccan novelist and artist Youssouf Amine Elalamy is among the ten finalists for the 2020 Prize of Five Continents of Francophonie, with his novel “C’est beau la guerre”, published by Le Fennec publishing house, sources from the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) said.   Youssouf Amine Elalamy was the recipient, for this same novel, […]