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Libya: Sarkozy rejects receiving €50m from Gaddafi to finance the 2007 elections

Former French President and 2017 presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims by French and Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine who underlined that the French politician received 50 million Euros from the former Libyan ruler for his 2007 presidential campaign. Takieddine, in a video-taped interview published by French investigative website Mediapart, repeated that he gave three […]

Requirements for easing confinement not yet met- Moroccan Minister

Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb casted a shadow of uncertainty on the previously announced date of May 20 to ease the confinement to contain contagion, saying that more vigilance is required to stop the emergence of hot spots among families that caused a surge in new cases. Morocco recorded 128 new cases on Sunday and […]

Libya Mired in Chaos Seven Years after Gadhafi’s Death

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 […]