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A new round of the Libyan political dialogue commenced at the United Nations Office at Geneva on Thursday, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, will hold a number of meetings with the parties on Thursday and Friday.

Libya’s internationally recognized government has decided to ban the entry of Pakistani, Yemeni and Iranian nationals to the country, according to Libyan official news agency LANA reported on Wednesday. The decision is based on suspicion of nationals of these countries joining extremist groups, including Islamic State (IS), the report said.

Visiting Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Monday hailed the key mediation role of Algeria in the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali. “Our Algerian brothers did everything to make all antagonists feel at home ahead of the inter-Malian inclusive dialogue,” Keita told reporters after he met with Algerian President …

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday kicked off a three-day official visit to Algeria at the invitation of his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Upon his arrival at Houari Boumediene international airport of Algiers, President Keita was welcomed by the speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament), …

Algeria has welcomed “with satisfaction” the signing, Sunday in Juba, of a peace agreement in South Sudan by President Salva Kiir, praising the efforts made by all the parties to consolidate peace in this country and the whole the region. “Algeria welcomes with satisfaction the signing of a peace agreement …

The Algerian military has killed two armed Islamists who had been active for more than 20 years, the defence ministry announced on Thursday. The two “dangerous terrorists” were killed in an ambush late on Tuesday in the Jijel region, around 300km east of Algiers, it said on its website.

With over 1.5 million displaced, 800,000 of whom are children, and continuously escalating violence in northeastern Nigeria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the humanitarian situation as “particularly worrying” during a visit to the country. Speaking at a press conference on Aug. 24 following a meeting with newly-elected Nigerian President …

The chief of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mongi Hamdi called to stand in the way of the parties seeking to “impede the implementation of the peace agreement in Mali, stressing the need “to continue efforts and consultations within the framework of the Peace Agreement …

Militia vows to withdraw from town of Anefif, urges all parties involved in country’s conflict to respect June 20 peace deal. A pro-government militia has vowed to withdraw from a strategic town in Mali’s volatile northeast, urging all parties involved in the country’s conflict to respect the terms of a …

Tuareg rebels in northern Mali said on Sunday they were pulling out of an international committee set up to monitor a peace accord between them and pro-government forces in the restive region, after deadly clashes between the rival groups sent tensions soaring. Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, a representative of the …