After recalling its ambassador to France last month, the Algerian government is now refusing to deliver temporary consular passes for the repatriation of its nationals expelled from French territory. The move comes in retaliation for the intervention of French consular services in Tunis, preventing the extradition of French-Algerian journalist Amira Bouraoui. After her arrest on […]
Libyan Presidency Council Tuesday pledged to re-name a new cabinet after the Tobruk parliament rejected the first 32-member proposed government deemed too large. “We will respect the deadline of 10 days,” unity government adviser, Fathi Ben Issa said. Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj’s first government proposal was turned down Monday after the lawmakers of the Tobruk-based […]
A man described as a “high-ranking fighter of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara” (EIGS) has been captured by French forces in Mali, in a joint Nigerien-French operation against the group’s militants. Dadi Ould Chouaib, also known as Abou Dardar, was arrested on June 11 in the flashpoint “tri-border” region between Niger, Mali and […]
