Features Headlines Libya

Four Bangladeshi people freed after being kidnapped by gang in south Tripoli

The Security Directorates Support Apparatus in the Regions has reported the successful release of four Bangladeshi nationals who were held captive in a house along Airport Road, south of Tripoli. The individuals had been kidnapped after leaving a mosque in an undisclosed Libyan city, though the exact date and location of the abduction were not […]

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USA-Morocco: Hollywood Becomes Laayoune’s Sister City, Dealing Hard Blow to Polisario and Algeria

The Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune has welcomed U.S. Hollywood as its newest sister city in a ceremony held Wednesday in the capital of Moroccan Sahara. Mayor of Hollywood city, Fl. Josh Levy and Head of Laayoune municipal council, Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid, have inked the twinning agreement confirming the American recognition of the Moroccanness […]

Africa International

Clash between herders, farmers in Chad leaves 17 dead

At 17 people lost their lives in a battle with opposing breeders and farmers in the province of Moyen-Chari, of Chad, Anadolu news agency reports. “The violence that broke out on Tuesday continued on Wednesday. We also recorded several injuries, including to gendarmes who were dispatched to the area to restore order. The victims were […]

Algeria Headlines

Algeria: Another Hunger-Striking Human Rights Militant Evacuated from Prison to Hospital

Amazigh militant and human rights activist Kamal Eddine Fekhar was rushed from prison to a hospital in the city of Mina near the restive Algerian Amazigh-speaking city of Ghardaia after staging a hunger strike, local reporters said. Kamal Eddine Fekhar started the hunger strike on January 3, 2017 in protest for his arbitrary detention on […]

Headlines Mauritania

Mauritania: financial assistance for health care

The Islamic republic of Mauritania has received a loan from the Islamic Development Bank to help the government support its health sector. The loan which is at a tune of $16 million will help the country carry on with its expansion projects in the sector where it is hoping to establish health care networks in […]