Libyan dialogue in Bouznika jan 2021

Morocco: Seven alleged IS militants en route to Libya arrested

Moroccan security authorities Tuesday succeeded in disrupting plans of seven extremists to join IS in Libya. The seven alleged militants, from Marrakech, Laayoune and Boujdour, were arrested as they were attempting to go to Libya through the Moroccan-Mauritanian border. According to a statement released by the Interior Ministry, the alleged terrorists were trying to cross […]

Aborted coup in Bissau: “The situation is under control”

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo escaped a coup attempt on Tuesday, the latest in a series of coups across West Africa. Mr. Embalo, a former general who arrived in 2020 at the head of this country with a political history marked by such events, appeared Tuesday evening before the press unharmed and serene, after having […]

Libya: EU condemns massacre of over 40 civilians in airstrike by Haftar forces

The European Union Monday condemned airstrikes by eastern Libyan rebel forces that killed over 40 civilians, in the South of the oil-rich country. War planes of Khalifa Haftar struck a residential zone, including a wedding in Murzuq in southern Libya on Sunday. The raids killed at least 43 people, all of them civilians. Forces loyal […]