Tunisia: Elyes Fakhfekh Tasked to Form Cabinet

President Kais Saied Monday picked former finance minister Elyes Fakhfekh to form a cabinet after the parliament early this month rejected a first government led by Habib Jemli, an independent named by Ennahda, the leading party in the legislature. Fakhfekh is chosen for the Prime Minister job after Jemli failed to win the vote of […]

Africa holds special place in India’s superpower ambitions

Diplomatic relations between India and Africa have expanded rapidly since the early 2000s but, with India aspiring to become the 21st century’s next superpower, the relationship between both sides will be driven by business links, trade and the joint efforts to reshape the international institutions. At the recent G20 summit in New Delhi, Indian Prime […]

Libya: GNA forces destroy fuel, ammo en route for Haftar’s forces in Tripoli

Volcano of Rage Operation, a command force answering to UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), destroyed Thursday fuel and ammunition shipment en route for forces aligned with east-based rebel Gen. Khalifa Haftar, in Tripoli, Libya Observer reports. A first shipment was shelled in Tininay area, in south Bani Walid, the media notes citing the command’s […]