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The Algerian Defense Ministry Wednesday announced that army forces had killed two terrorists in the Boumerdes region during a counter-terrorism operation. The two terrorists were killed on Wednesday during a search and sweeping operation conducted near Douar Bousmail, in the Commune of Ammal, by an army unit. The on-going operation helped to seize two kalachnikov […]
An Egyptian prominent rights group fighting against human right abuses in police stations and prisons Wednesday denounced authorities’ clampdown as the group received orders to close its head office in Cairo. Aida Seif el-Dawla, one of the founders of Nadeem Centre for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, said two policemen turned up at the […]
The summit talks held on Wednesday at the Elysée Palace between the French President François Hollande and his guest King Mohammed VI, who just started a working and friendship visit to France, were topped by the crucial issue of climate change as the North African country braces to take over from France the chairmanship of […]
Tunisian former Minister of the Interior Mohamed Najem Gharsalli has been appointed Wednesday as the country’s new ambassador to Rabat. Gharsalli received his letters of credentials from President Caid Essebsi at a ceremony organized at the presidential palace. Gharsalli had been appointed as Interior Minister last year in February but was replaced early this year […]
Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday has seen his hopes to reconquer power in 2017 dashed as justice sue him for illegal funding of his 2012 presidential campaign. According to the investigating judges, Sarkozy over-estimated invoices incurred in the 2012 campaign. For Serge Tournaire, judge on the financial court, Sarkozy allegedly counter-forfeited his campaign bank accounts […]
Amnesty International Tuesday launched a call to world powers that backed the overthrow of former Libyan ruler Gaddafi to help Libyans end the cycle of violence, abuses and detrimental humanitarian catastrophe that have gripped the one-time prosperous North African country. The call comes on the fifth anniversary of the Libyan revolution that toppled the country’s […]
European Union members topped by EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini Monday hailed Morocco’s leadership to chair the COP22 Summit to take place in in Marrakech November this year. The EU members also expressed their satisfaction for the choice of Morocco as the next host of the global event and indicated that the choice of […]
Some 180 French troops have reportedly arrived in Libya to support the Libyan National Army linked to the Libyan internationally recognized government based in the East of the country. According to Libyan press reports, French troops were spotted at Banina airbase and Bu Utni fight axis. However, Libyaobserver pointed out that troops are unwelcome as […]
Tunisia has reiterated its strong opposition to a military intervention in neighboring Libya, warning that such an intervention will be disastrous in many ways, including security and flow of refugees, to the country and to its neighbors. Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Mohamed Ennaceur, said Monday that his country will try to convince European allies […]
King Mohammed VI is expected in Paris next Wednesday on a working and friendship visit to France, during which he will confer with President Francois Hollande. During this summit meeting, the two heads of State will discuss an array of issues of common interest, primarily bilateral cooperation, the situation in North Africa, and the two […]