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Human Rights Watch has claimed that dozens of detainees have been executed by militias after the Libyan former dictator, Moammar Khaddafi, was captured and killed on October 20, 2011, and that Libyan authorities did not honor their pledge to investigate these deaths. The New York-based human rights watchdog said in a 50-page report that it […]
The Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has recognized before the Parliament that the country’s economy was facing many problems that hamper investments, wealth generating and jobs creation. The Prime minister who was presenting to the Parliament the government’s action plan earlier this week said one of the major problems facing the economy, which depends mostly […]
With the country’s political atmosphere still tense, gun battles is least the General National Congress of Libya could ask for. The recent developments concerning the south eastern town of Bani Walid being surrounded by militias mostly from Misrata and shelling it from three different positions has forced the congress to ask the ministers of interior […]
Mauritania has agreed to work with European Union to boost their cooperation in the fields of civil society governance, social development, culture, sport, youth & security. Under the agreement, the EU has pledged to give the impoverished West African nation $ 9.4 million to help develop government policies in combating poverty, promoting good governance, supporting […]
Tunisia and the European Union will start talks in the few coming weeks on an Open-Sky agreement expected to create new destinations, more job opportunities, spur economic growth and reduce flights costs. The two sides are expected to engage in several rounds of negotiations on the liberalization of the rules and regulations of the international […]
In the wake of the Islamic insurgency that rippled Algeria for a decade, authorities set themselves to reconstruct the country, rehabilitate infrastructures and construct thousands of new homes to meet the growing demand. Soon, Algeria was transformed in a large open construction site but this building spree brought new comers to the North African country: […]
Mauritania president has appeared on his country’s state TV on Sunday after he was shot and wounded in what was described as a “friendly fire” by soldiers who were said did not recognize the presidential convoy as it passed by. During his TV appearance from hospital, president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz called Mauritanian people to […]
Ismail Serageldin, the director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, is being sued for squandering public funds after library staff accused him of abuse of power claiming he unfairly appointed advisors and gave them huge salaries. He was also accused of embezzling donations destined to the library and illegally transferring them to a bank account controlled by […]
Mauritania is increasingly worried about the mounting terrorist threat in the Sahel that has become a safe heaven for organized crime and terrorism networks. Mauritania’s worries were recently expounded before the 67th session of the UN General Assembly by Mauritanian Foreign Minister Hamadi Ould Hamadi who warned that the Sahel region has become “a safe […]
When, in 1949, Mao Zedong forced Chiang Kai-Shek’s army to retreat from mainland China, thus consolidating the Communist Party’s grip over the People’s Republic, the reverberations could be felt across the world. In the United States, Republicans put forward a poignant, yet rhetoric question: Who Lost China? In the eyes of the Republicans, the answer […]