Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s convention kicked off Monday in Geneva in the presence of the UN Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams. The meeting, expected to last until Feb. 5, is supposed to vote on the positions of a three-member Presidency Council and the Prime Minister of Libya, in accordance with the roadmap…
Emirates Airline said Monday it would make daily deliveries of coronavirus vaccines to countries with low storage capacities as part of an initiative to accelerate global jab distribution. The Dubai-based company, the Middle East’s largest carrier, will use both its cargo and passenger fleets to deliver vaccines to countries without the means to stockpile vaccines,…
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Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi started his five-nation tour in Africa on Monday, which will take him to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles in line with the ministry’s 30-year diplomatic tradition of paying new year visits to Africa, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a press briefing.…
At least 21 people have been killed in a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in an area that usually sees Islamist rebel attacks, local authorities said on Tuesday. The militants launched the attack late on Monday and killed residents in the Mwenda village with machetes and guns. “The enemy would have come…
Another Coronavirus Wave in Zimbabwe Following a spike in coronavirus cases, Zimbabwe has reintroduced a 12-hour curfew from 6 pm until 6 am. The new curfew was announced on Saturday by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. “We have seen a surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths, almost double in two months, from 8,374 on 1 November…
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The Moroccan Ambassador to Spain has been summoned in Madrid over the former’s call to open talks concerning sovereignty over two enclaves in northern Morocco. On Saturday, the Moroccan Prime Minister proposed opening talks over Ceuta and Melilla. In a statement, Saad-Eddine El Otmani said “it has been pending for five or six centuries, but…
The first scheduled flight between Israel and Morocco was underway Tuesday, less than a fortnight after the two countries agreed to normalise relations. Passengers on the El Al plane included White House senior advisor Jared Kushner, who played a key role in brokering the peace agreement. Also on board was the US ambassador to Israel,…
The Malian army has been accused of committing “war crimes” and several armed groups accused for committing “crimes against humanity”, according to the International Commission on Mali established by the UN in a report sent to members of the Security Council and obtained by AFP. The commission said it has gathered “reasonable grounds to believe”…