The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced Wednesday the beginning of the voter registration process in view of preparing next year crucial elections said to mark the end of the transitional government and make room for elected institutions. UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salamé has tendered to the UN Security Council an action […]
Libya remains in turmoil, battered by infighting between heavily armed militias and a political crisis that has divided the country. The initial euphoria is a distant memory as little have changed since the fall of Moammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship. A 2015 UN-backed deal to set up the unity government in Tripoli was meant to end the […]
Algeria’s president Abdelmedjid Tebboune met the new Vatican Pope Leo XIV in a bid to polish his image, following a visit to Italy. Tebboune attempted to leverage the legacy of Saint Augustine, born in present-day Algeria, as a cultural and spiritual bridge between Algeria and the Catholic world. The visit is portrayed as part of […]
