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The Belgian judiciary wants the Chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), Ali Mahmoud arrested on charges of corruption and embezzlement, Libya Observer reports, citing Belgian magazine “De Tijd”. Mahmoud is subject to an international arrest warrant and could be arrested if he leaves Libya and the warrant aimed at investigating lost interest on the […]
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited Thursday Benghazi wherein he met Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, the Head of the Libyan National Army, as well as members of the local House of Representatives, challenging the government of Fayez Al-Serraj. This is the first visit by a UK government minister to Benghazi since 2011 and the first […]
Seven Moroccans lost their lives in the devastating fire at the Grenfell Tower, a 24-story London apartment building, Morocco’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Following identification of the victims, King Mohammed VI gave directives to Moroccan authorities to take care of the repatriation of the corpses. London police said that at least 58 people […]
Hammad Benjelloun of Morocco, founder of Advertising enterprise Adlive, was part of the 28 winners of leading 20 companies from 15 countries at the 71st International Selection Panel (ISP) held recently in London. Benjelloun was awarded the entrepreneur endeavor title for his enterprise Adlive, which offers advertisers, media agencies, and digital publishers, managing multiple digital […]
United Kingdom government hosted May 11 a major international conference in London, to accelerate progress on security sector reform, build on the international response to the ongoing drought and humanitarian crisis. The conference seeks also to set new international partnership needed to keep Somalia on course for increased peace and prosperity by 2020. Heads of […]
Russia’s oil firm Rosneft has signed cooperation framework agreement with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) opening the door wide to Russian investments as Moscow deepens its foray into the chaotic North African country. The agreement signed between Rosneft’s Igor Sechin and NOC’s Mustafa Sanalla in London on Monday allows the Russian company to explore Libya’s […]
Two British citizens have been condemned to jail for allegedly funding the March Brussels attacks which caused the death of 32 people. Kingston Crown Court in London Monday sentenced Zakaria Boufassil and Mohammed Ali Ahmed respectively to three and eight years in prison for giving secretly £3,000 in cash to Mohamed Abrini in a Birmingham […]
In a move to ease tension and encourage reconciliation, Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission will air testimonies of the victims of authoritarian rule on TV. The Commission investigates past human rights violations over a 50-year period. It has received so far the testimonies of about 11,000 people. More than 62,000 incidents, including torture and rape, […]
British lawmakers are mulling over provisions of Criminal Finances Bill 2016 to freeze assets of world human rights abusers and dictators who hide their money and acquire properties in the British capital, reports say. The move comes from backbench MPs who “are looking to insert a clause that will target those who commit human rights […]
London-based Human rights group Amnesty International Tuesday called on Spain and the kingdom of Morocco to respect the international law concerning migrants’ human rights after the NGO in a report accused both countries of inhuman treatment given to some migrants because of their nationality and sexual orientation. Migrants largely hailing from Africa and Syria are […]