Fighting in Libya

Togo: President Gnassingbé’s re-election confirmed

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé has won re-election with 71% of the vote, final results from the constitutional court showed on Tuesday. Gnassingbé’s challenger Agbeyome Kodjo, who was shown with 19% of the vote, had also claimed victory. “This proclamation is final and closes the debate on the presidential election of Feb. 22,” the head of […]

Toxic spill fallout: Zambians demand billions from Chinese mining giant

Zambia is grappling with the aftermath of one of its worst environmental disasters, as outrage mounts over a massive toxic spill from a Chinese-owned copper mine that polluted the Kafue River and devastated communities. The February incident occurred when a dam at Sino-Metals Leach Zambia, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group, […]

Tindouf: Nervous Algerian army conducts military exercise ahead of African Lion 2022

The African Lion military exercise 2022, a major US-led multi-national joint exercise planned in Morocco starting June 20, is making Algerian junta hedgy and extremely nervous. To give vent to their frustrations, growing anxiety and setbacks, Algerian Army chief General Said Chanegriha and his corrupt geriatric Generals have carried air-land manoeuvres with live ammunition in […]