Abdulhamid Dbeibeh

Libya: Flop of Moscow Meeting on Ceasefire

The meeting held Monday in Moscow in a bid to sign a permanent ceasefire agreement between the two Libyan warring parties, the Government of National accord of Fayez Serraj and Libya’s eastern strongman and commander of the Libyan National Army General Khalifa Haftar, ended without yielding any results. After seven hours of negotiations, Serraj signed […]

Gabon launches rail modernization project worth $600 mln

Gabonese authorities said the modernization of its sole railway spanning 650 kilometers would amount to 600 million dollars. A deal was signed with rail operator Setrag to upgrade the railway connecting Port of Owendo to Franceville, local media reported. The government shall contribute with 220 million dollars with the remaining sum to be offered by […]

Amnesty Condemns Algeria for Mass Deportation of African Migrants

Amnesty International has denounced the racial and discriminatory crackdown launched by Algerian authorities against sub-Saharan migrants, rounding up and forcibly expelling more than 2,000 of them to Niger and Mali over the past three weeks. Those expelled include more than 300 minors, among them at least 25 unaccompanied children, said Amnesty in a press release […]