North Africa

UN-mediated direct political talks between Libya's rival sides started in neighboring Tunisia on Monday with the purpose of drawing up a roadmap for the presidential and parliamentary elections. Stephanie Williams, Head of the UN Help Mission in Libya, opened the conferences of the Libyan Political Dialogue Discussion board (LPDF) within the capital Tunis. The discussion board held its first on-line assembly on the finish of final month. "We're on the verge of a brand new Libya after years of…

Libya's political dialogue forum opens this Monday, November 9, in Tunisia under UN leadership. It is intended to unite the deeply divided Libyans under one leader. But the list of participants is already controversial. If all goes well, this meeting will be able to appoint the next Prime Minister, the next President of the…

Lakhdar Bouregaa, 87, was infected with coronavirus. This independence veteran was also a figure for the Hirak protest movement calling for a change in the system at the head of the country. Lakhdar Bouregaa was highly respected by the youth of Hirak. They saw in him a bridge between the 1954 revolution to end colonization and…

The Sudanese authorities approved the constitutional document in its new amended version earlier this week. According to the Official Journal of the European Union, this document extends the transition period by approximately fourteen months. The text was signed in August 2019 between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Military Council. He is supposed to steer the transition period, which will…

Tunisia is undergoing an unprecedented crisis exacerbated by the health crisis. On Tuesday, the head of government drew up an overview of the economic and social situation. Accounts in red, unemployment at the highest level and an emigration of young people to Europe, all elements that Hichem Mechichi intends to rectify. as…

Rival Libyan navy officers agreed on Tuesday on a roadmap to hold out a ceasefire that was reached final month and is anticipated to fulfill in Sirte quickly, mentioned the UN's appearing envoy for Libya Stephanie Williams. The announcement got here after a gathering of a joint navy fee the place discussions on a ceasefire started on Monday in Libya, at dwelling, for the primary time. The perimeters agreed to "arrange a navy subcommittee to observe the withdrawal of navy forces to their respective…

In Algeria, the court of appeal on Tuesday, November 3, ruled on Ali Haddad's fate, embroiled in a corruption case. The former head of Algerian bosses had already been tried in July 2020, but had appealed his conviction. A new verdict was therefore expected and turned out to be milder than at first instance. Twelve years in…

Drought and pandemic, these are the two evils that hit the Moroccan economy in 2020, according to the International Global Fund (IMF). The institution, which has just completed a mission in Morocco, estimates that the economy will have to contract by 6 to 7% this year before returning again by 4.5% next year. A rebound that does not depend on the will of the authorities alone, emphasizes the IMF.…

Army leaders from Libya's preventing sides met of their homeland for a second day on Tuesday to debate the implementation of a just lately signed ceasefire. "A whole lot of progress was made at the moment," Stephanie Williams, the UN envoy for the war-torn North African nation, mentioned on Monday on the finish of the primary day of talks. "The braveness and willpower ... between these officers is what is required out of your political class," she added. The three-day assembly of the Joint Army Fee…

In an sudden choice a number of hours earlier than the US presidential election, President Donald Trump signed an official decree on Monday night time, November 2, extending for one more 12 months the sanctions towards Sudan, which have been positioned on the US blacklist of supporting nations. terrorism. Based on the White…