Oil tanks were on fire Thursday in the north of Libya after a new attack by jihadists to gain control of oil facilities. Islamic State group fighters (EI) attacked at dawn tanks in Ras Lanuf, the heart of “oil Crescent” of Libya, about 650 km east of Tripoli, announced the …

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday signed for multi-billion dollar contracts with Egypt as part of a tour in the Middle East to strengthen the economic presence of his country in this region. Arrived the previous evening from Saudi Arabia, Xi held talks Thursday in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart …

After the “success of the presidential election” last October, organized in quiet, the UN decided Wednesday to downsize its mission of maintaining peace in Ivory Coast. By 30 March, UNOCI must thus from 5 437-4 000 soldiers. At the latest early in 2018, all peacekeepers must have left Ivorian territory. …