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Some 123 Libyan legislators have pledged to “end the divisions” that undermine their country. At a meeting held between 23-28 November in Tangiers, Morocco, the law makers said they would begin by convening the elected parliament as soon as they return home. The House of Representatives has not met for two years, as the North African nation has been hit… Read More

Twice as many patrols and more technological means to monitor French beaches along the English Channel from Tuesday December 1. They will include drones, radars, cameras and night vision binoculars. The deal was made between Paris and London to try to stop migrants crossing the Channel. The United Kingdom will spend more than 31 million euros on this. The issue… Read More

Some $150 million is needed to tackle the refugee crisis in Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency boss said Saturday. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have fled from the embattled northern Tigray region to seek refuge in Sudan. Filipo Grandi, who said this during a visit to the camp, appealed for donor support. ”Five hundred people per day, this is what… Read More

The number of farm workers killed on a rice farm in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday has shot to at least 110 people, according to a United Nations report. The massacre is the deadliest attacks in the region suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram, locals said. The victims were buried on Sunday. “We shall ensure more recruitment of… Read More

At least 43 farm workers have been killed and 6 others wounded by Boko Haram near the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday. Anti-jihadist told militia that the victims were working in a rice field before the attack. According to the militia, the assailants tied up the agricultural works and then slit their throats in the village of Koshobe. “We… Read More

Pope Francis has created 13 new cardinals, including a first African-American Archbishop from Washington, putting his personal stamp on the body that will one day choose his successor. Under the dome of the St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, the cardinals knelt one by one at the feet of the head of the Vatican, who placed quadrangular scarlet cap, or biretta,… Read More

At the Martyrs’ School near Tripoli, teachers and parents are using the limited means at hand to repair buildings devastated by a year-long battle for the Libyan capital. Some of the walls have been repainted, furniture has been installed and ageing computer screens dusted off. But the roofs and other walls, pockmarked by gunfire and mortar blasts, remain grim reminders… Read More

Egyptian al-Ahly won its 9th African Club Championship title on Friday by beating Zamalek (2-1) in Cairo. The most crowned club of the continent opened the score from a corner by midfielder Amr al-Soleya (5th), then Shikabala equalized for Zamalek. It was a spectacular strike from Mohamed “Afsha” Magdy (86th) that gave al-Ahly the victory. At an international stadium in… Read More

The remains of Sudan’s former Prime Minister and top opposition figure arrived in Khartoum on Friday. Sadiq al-Madhi died from the novel coronavirus, his moderate Islamist National Umma party said on Thursday, while offering condolences to the Sudanese people. Madhi was transferred to the United Arab Emirates for treatment three weeks ago after being hospitalized in Sudan and testing positive… Read More

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has agreed to respond to the Islamist insurgency ravaging areas in northern Mozambique. Five presidents who attended an extraordinary summit in the Botswana capital Gaborone, have “finalized a comprehensive regional response” to the unrest in Mozambique, according to a SADC communiqué. The jihadists, who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, have been… Read More