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The longstanding relations between Algeria and Iraq were at the centre of discussions between Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Upper House of Parliament) Abdelkader Bensalah and Iraq’s Ambassador to Algeria Abderrahmane Hamed Mohamed Husseini, said the Upper House in a statement. The two sides underlined “the willingness of …

Cameroon said on Wednesday its military offensive against Boko Haram across the Nigerian border has made major progress, with scores of jihadists killed and hundreds of hostages freed since December. But in a sign of continuing jihadist trouble, four would-be human bombs – two young boys and two teenaged girls …

Clashes erupted on Wednesday in Tunisia’s border town of Ben Guerdane between police and protesters demanding the free flow of vital trade with neighbouring Libya, witnesses said. Protesters set fire to tyres and blocked the road between Ben Guerdane and the border crossing of Ras Jedir about 30km away, they …

The leader of the European Union’s presidency says that record numbers of migrants will try to cross the Mediterranean this spring and he wants the EU to work with Libya now to stem the flow. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Thursday that “we will have a crisis.”

The crisis in Libya is to be the focus of the upcoming African Union summit in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, on January 25, Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui

Forces allied to Libya’s eastern government carried out an airstrike against a military transport aircraft on Tuesday, wounding the head of the military council from the rival city of Misrata, Reuters reports. The airstrike and preceding clashes between the two military forces has raised fears of an escalation of violence …

Chad has officially closed its borders with Libya and has opted to deploy troops along the long boundaries in an extensive effort to prevent the big influx of militant fighters who have fled the country because of the prolonged conflict. Even though Daesh has been defeated in its former stronghold …

Tunisia has welcomed the agreement on a total ceasefire in Syria, which entered into force on Thursday, and called on all parties to the conflict to respect it in order to allow humanitarian aid to the victims of the Syrian conflict. Tunisia has expressed the wish to see this agreement …

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler, on Sunday met with Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister, Fayez Serraj, and Foreign Minister, Mohamed Sayala, in the capital Tripoli to discuss political issues.

At least seven Egyptian policemen and a civilian were killed on Monday when suspected ISIL militants attacked a checkpoint in the northern Sinai peninsula with a lorry bomb. Security forces killed five of the attackers. Six police officers, six civilians and three militants were injured in the attack in the …