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Malawi: Protests spread after disputed election

Police and protestors clashed in three cities in Malawi on Thursday during countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month’s presidential election. Malawian President Peter Mutharika has been narrowly re-elected for a second five-year term following a hotly-contested vote, according to the country’s electoral commission. Thousands of opposition supporters participated in the demonstrations in […]

Talks on the Opening of Libya-Tunisia Border Crossing Launched

Negotiations on restoring peace and stability on the border crossing Ras Jedir between Libya and Tunisia started on Friday (March 14). Their ultimate aim is to open the border and restore commercial activity taking place in the vicinity of the crossing. The negotiations come after weeks of rising tensions in southern Tunisian cities along the […]

President of Djibouti sends message to King Mohammed VI

President of Djibouti, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, has sent a written message to King Mohammed VI. The message was handed over by Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, to his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita at a meeting in Rabat Tuesday. In a statement to the press following the meeting, Youssouf said that Djibouti and Morocco are […]