Nigeria: election commission warns insecurity could derail February presidential vote

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned of the threat of increased violence during the election campaign, suggesting that the country’s presidential election in late February should be cancelled or postponed if the current level of insecurity is not tackled. Nigerians are due to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari after two terms […]

Algeria deepens its self-isolation by cutting diplomatic ties with Morocco

Mired in conspiracy theories that hit an absurd level, Algeria has cut diplomatic ties with its only stable and prosperous neighbor, Morocco, further complicating its self-isolation in the region and the continent. The Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra ascribed in a diatribe all the woes and self-inflicted problems facing Algeria to Morocco, blaming the Kingdom […]

Libya: US Drops Death Penalty against Ringleader of 2012 Attacks on US Benghazi Mission

US justice authorities Tuesday announced they will not seek death penalty against main suspect of the 2012 attacks on the US embassy in Benghazi which caused the death of the US envoy and three other people. “The United States of America … hereby gives notice that the government will not seek imposition of the death […]