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Libya denies claims of resettling undocumented immigrants

Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) has dismissed recent reports claiming that the country plans to resettle undocumented immigrants, labelling the reports as “misleading” and “completely false” in an official statement. The reports emerged following a meeting over the week-end in Tripoli between Minister of Local Governance Badr Al-Din Al-Toumi and Nicoletta Giordano, the chief […]

Africa-Burundi: regime rejects Arusha talks date

President Nkurunziza’s regime has rejected regional mediation proposition for January 6 talks in Arusha in Tanzania, calling for postponement, reports say. “Tomorrow’s talks will not take place! The Burundian government wrote to the Ugandan mediation on December 30 asking it to postpone the meeting to January 15, we are waiting for a response,” a top […]

France halts delivery of four armored military vehicle to Gabon

A French inter-ministerial Committee overseeing export of military equipment, CIEEMG, has vetoed the delivery of four AML90 armored vehicles to Gabon over fear that the equipment might be used to crackdown on protests during next year’s coming presidential elections, Africa Intelligence reports. The move, France-based media notes, came following pressure by Direction Afrique et océan […]