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Libyan delegates agree to keep up Bouznika dialogue momentum

Libyan delegates agreed to keep up the positive dialogue momentum ushered by Bouznika talks in Morocco over criteria governing leadership in key governmental institutions.   This second round of Bouznika talks will be followed by other rounds, according to the Libyan delegates.   In a final declaration issued at the end of the second round […]

Tunisia to launch its first satellite by July despite COVID-19 slowdown

Despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Tunisia is determined to move forward with the launch of its first satellite. The Tunisian company in charge of the project, TELNET Holding, plans to launch the “Challenge One” nanosatellite next July from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, assisted by Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Confirmation was given on […]

UN report: militia linked to CAR govt is behind possible war crimes

Government forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) are training militias and working with private military companies behind possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a fresh UN report. The paper published by the United Nations Human Rights Office and its Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) detailed a massacre that took […]