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Libya: LNA commander withdraws from Skhirat political accord, a coup critics say

The renegade east-based commander of the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar, announced on Monday April 27 his withdrawal from the political agreement concluded in 2015 in Skhirat, Morocco, which had allowed the formation of the Government of National Accord (GNA), currently led by Fayez El Serraj. In a televised speech aired Monday night, Hafter said […]

After AI, HRW Decries Algeria for Ill-treatment of African Migrants

Algerian authorities have been rounding up sub-Saharan Africans in and around Algiers and have deported more than 3,000 to Niger since August 25, 2017, without giving them an opportunity to challenge their expulsion, Human Rights Watch said. Those expelled include migrants who have lived and worked for years in Algeria, pregnant women, families with newborn […]

Algeria’s Tebboune downplays failure to join BRICS

Algeria’s president Tebboune downplayed his failure to join the BRICS, which admitted other African and Asian countries as new members. Tebboune spoke with certainty two years ago promising his people to join the BRICS group, much to his disappointment when the grouping admitted Egypt and Ethiopia along with Iran the UAE and Saudi Arabic, but […]