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The settlement of the crisis in Libya cannot but be « political » and « dialogue » is the unique way to restore stability and security in this country, Tunisian Foreign Minister Mongi Hamdi asserted, Thursday. « Libyans should place the country’s supreme interest above any consideration. They still have …
Read More »French, Algerian FMs discuss security challenges in Sahara and Sahel regions
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will hold talks here Thursday with his Algerian opposite number Ramtane Lamara to discuss economic cooperation but also the significant security challenges in the Sahara and Sahel regions, Foreign Ministry sources said.
Read More »Libya neighbors call for immediate ceasefire
Libya neighbors have called for an instantaneous halt of armed operations and curbing the flow of arms into the country. The fifth ministerial conference of Libya neighboring countries held in Khartoum on Thursday expressed in a statement respect to the choice of the Libyan people and support to the legitimate …
Read More »US, EU Foreign Ministers express concern over deteriorating situation in Libya
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, the U.S. Secretary of State, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs met in Brussels on December 3, 2014 to assess the current situation …
Read More »Mali govt hails draft agreement for peace in Mali
The Malian Government hailed Wednesday, in a communiqué, the quality of “draft agreement for peace and national reconciliation in Mali,” developed by the mediation team in October, describing it as a “step” towards the conclusion of a definitive peace agreement. The continuation of the Inter-Malian inclusive peace negotiations from 20 …
Read More »French President, Algerian PM discuss bilateral relations
French President Francois Hollande on Thursday held talks at the Elysee Palace with Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal mainly on bilateral relations as well as the security situation in the Sahel-Sahara region. Sellal is here at the head of a large delegation to take part in a summit with French …
Read More »Egypt court condemns 188 to death after attack on police station
An Egyptian court has sentenced 188 people to death for a violent attack on a police station in the restive town Giza after the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi last year and has kept the trial pending for the opinion of the country’s top religious authority.
Read More »Tuareg rebels, Mali govt end Algiers negotiations without a settlement
Representatives of the Tuareg rebels and the government of Mali dissolved their negotiations in Algiers without reaching a settlement. Meanwhile, the violence continues. For an entire week, representatives of the Malian government and Tuareg rebels sat and talked. It was the third round of negotiations within four months. However, after …
Read More »Egypt President sees new era after Mubarak verdict
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said Egypt will never return to the past and is charting a new future, after a court dismissed murder charges against former leader Hosni Mubarak. A Cairo court on Saturday dropped the charges over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that …
Read More »Libyan FM expresses appreciation for Egypt’s support
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Al-Dairi conveyed “thanks and appreciation” for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s efforts to support the Libyan government’s efforts “to restore security and stability” to Libya. Al-Dairi’s comments came in a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry in Cairo on Sunday, according to the Egyptian foreign …
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