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UN Secretary-General met Wednesday with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, discuss issues, including on Libya, Syria and Lebanon. At the meeting here, “the Secretary General stressed that the political process is the key to solving the political, security and humanitarian in Libya,” said spokesman Stephane Dujarric UN

Libya needs to form a unified government before the United States and European allies opt for military action against thousands of Daesh (called IS) fighters in the chaotic country of North Africa, Foreign Minister of Egypt said on Tuesday. “It must be a Libyan-led process,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh …

TRIPOLI – the internationally recognized parliament Libya extended until Sunday a deadline for the formation of a new national unity government aimed at ending years of chaos in the countries of North Africa. The legislators of Parliament, currently in exile in eastern Libya, on Tuesday voted to give Presidential Council …

In less than a year, the Ivorian security forces foiled at least five attacks in Abidjan. The last was in January. Two modes of operation were privileged: the explosion of a car bomb and a commando attack against public places frequented by expatriates. Jihadist sleeper cells linked to the Ansar …

Three Malian soldiers died Tuesday when their vehicle hit a mine in the Mopti region, near the border with Niger, Tieman Hubert Coulibaly announced, the Malian Defence Minister.

One of the leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Central Africa is captured Monday Okot Odek, a key commander of the bloody Ugandan rebels, told AFP on Wednesday a source in the Central African gendarmerie. “We have a list of leaders of the LRA sought and considered dangerous, …

The French and Zambian presidents François Hollande and Edgar Lungu Monday advocated an “inclusive dialogue between the government and the opposition” in Burundi, beset by a deep political crisis. During a meeting at the Elysee, MM. Holland Lungu and “reiterated their commitment to an inclusive dialogue between the government and …

Yaounde – At least six civilians were killed and over 30 injured Wednesday in a double suicide in the region of the northern border of Cameroon with Nigeria, which is regularly attacked by Boko Haram fighters, according to security sources. The assailants, who were also killed, were both women, one …

Tripoli – Libya presidential council said Monday that he needs another week to form a national unity government after the internationally recognized country’s Parliament rejected an initial line-up. The council, chaired by the Prime Minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj was due to submit the names Wednesday of a new unity government for …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi stressed on the support of Egypt Tuesday to the political process in Libya sponsored by the United Nations, as well as efforts to form a national consensus government. Sisi’s comments came Tuesday after receiving Akila Saleh, the Speaker of Parliament of Libya.