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The Libyan presidential council, a body headed by the appointed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, began Thursday to Morocco discussions to propose a new unity government after the rejection of a first cabinet, told AFP Moroccan official. The presidential council, composed of nine members, was created after the signing in December …

The Court of Cassation overturned in Egypt Wednesday the death penalty for 149 people accused of the murder of 13 police officers in 2013, the same day that security forces killed hundreds of protesters demanding the return of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi dismissed by the army. The high court ordered …

An agreement in principle on the amount of the fee paid by the South Sudan in Sudan to use its pipelines was signed by the oil ministers of the two countries, according to press reports published Thursday. Sudanese pipelines, leading to Port Sudan on the shore of the Red Sea, …

The Burkinabe president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the first civilian to gain power democratically since independence, posted Thursday its intention to form a “republican, apolitical and operational” army in the impoverished West African subscriber to coups. “In the program I developed, I was very clear: we need a republican army, …

The Tunisian government has decided to lift the night curfew imposed on January 22 on the territory following an unprecedented wave of social protest since the 2011 revolution, thus acknowledging the return to calm in the country observed for one week .

Brussels – The European Union is urging Libya’s factions to support a broad-based unity government or face the prospect of more chaos. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said Wednesday the EU hopes “Libyan decision-makers will realize that there is no alternative to a unity government”.

Strasbourg – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urged the international community on Wednesday to help end the turmoil in Libya, warning that it was creating a “strategic time bomb” for Africa and Europe. In a speech to the European Parliament, Buhari said the situation in lawless southern Libya was particularly alarming …

CAIRO: Recently released 35 Egyptian nationals, who had been held in Libya, will arrive in Cairo Thursday at noon, Youm7 reported the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Eight women and two children from Egypt were detained at illegal immigration shelter centers in different Libyan cities over accusations of beggary and unregistered …

The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, denied Tuesday, February 2 any attempt by France to intervene militarily against the Islamic State (EI) in Libya. “There is absolutely no question that we intervene militarily in Libya,” said Laurent Fabius on the sidelines of a meeting of the international coalition in Rome …

Eddie Komboïgo Constance, the party leader of the former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré, was indicted by the Ouagadougou Military Tribunal for “attempt on the security of the state” and “complicity in murder”, a-t- said Friday security sources. “Eddie Komboïgo was charged Monday in his presentation to the investigating judge for …