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Senegal: Macky Sall wins new term in office with 58.3 per cent of votes

President Macky Sall Thursday won a new term in office after the electoral commission credited him with 58.3 per cent of votes during the Sunday polls, clearly ahead of his rivals who said they rejected the result, but would not lodge a recourse with the Constitutional Council to contest it. Official but provisional results of […]

Tunisia launches probe into death of two people in train derailment

Tunisia’s State-run company managing railways, SNCFT, launched Wednesday an investigation into the death of two people after a train went off track near M’saken train station, north-East of the country. A passenger train bound for the coastal city of Gabes derailed early Wednesday near M’saken station in the governorate of Sousse. The accident killed two […]

Libya: US Alarmed over Russia’s Growing Influence

The US defense department once again sounded the alarm over Moscow’s growing interest in Libya, indicating that ties between Russians and head of the Libyan National Army Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar is evident. After Syria, Moscow and Washington have engaged in another diplomatic showdown in the North African country. General Thomas Tom Waldhauser, who heads […]