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Ahmed Gaddafi al-Dam has warned that illegal migration from Africa to Europe especially the boats leaving the shores of Libya for Italy will be Europe’s next nightmare because ISIS fighters are using it to get into Europe. Ahmed Gaddafi is Colonel Gaddafi’s cousin and used to be among his trusted security officers before his death. […]
Lebanon will start receiving by the mid of April French armaments destined to enhance the defence capacities of its beleaguered army, challenged by well-equipped Hezbollah group and regional powers. The French-made weapons to be delivered to Beirut includes armoured vehicles, armed vessels, combat helicopters, ammunition and communications equipment Lebanon has purchased these armaments thanks to […]
The Constitutional court ruled that an article in the Electoral law that demarcated the electoral districts violated the constitution. The decision automatically delays the parliamentary elections that were set to begin on 22 March. Egypt has been without a parliament since June 2012 when a court decision dissolved it during Morsi’s presidency. Since then, the […]
Tunisia’s central bank has applauded the “positive development in the political process” after the successful parliamentary and presidential elections but signaled that the results are yet to have a strong impact on the economy for now as the beginning of the year was “characterized by negative economic indicators” amongst which are the industry and tourism […]
Renegade army general Khalifa Haftar has been proposed by the president of the Libyan House of Representative Aguila Saleh as the top army commander and the parliamentarians have supported it. Haftar has his own forces and was fighting against the Islamists in the East before forming a coalition with the Libyan army last year. Authorities […]
Protests that started as a social issue in Algeria are slowly making their way to the political platform as pressure builds up against the government. Demonstrations started late last year in the southern oasis town of Ain Salah where a pilot project is being held but it has now spread to several cities across the […]
Teheran, which is facing growing pressure from the West to reach a nuclear deal in Geneva, is currently considering the purchase of a Russian advanced anti-aircraft missiles system, a deal, which if approved, is expected to irk Western powers. The chief of the Russian state arms firm Rostec, Mr.Sergei Chemezov said the company offered to […]
The decision of a US court that found the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization guilty of six attacks which killed 33 people and wounded more than 390 others between January 2002 and January 2004 has been lambasted by Palestinian officials as a verdict against a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as […]
Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni of the Tobruk based government has claimed that the United States and Britain are against Libyans as they refuse to arm forces loyal to his government. He claimed that militants of the rival government based in Tripoli are receiving arms worldwide despite an arms embargo on the North African country. Pressure […]
Ties between Algeria and Kenya were boosted after the latter opened an Embassy there with Moi Lemoshira as Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary. During the presentation of his credentials on Sunday to Presdient Bouteflika, Lemoshira hailed the ties between the two countries and was hopeful that the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of Joint […]