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Libya's rival sides launched a UN-mediated exchange of prisoners, UN and Libyan officials said on Saturday, as part of a preliminary ceasefire agreement between the fighting Libyan groups. The exchange of the first batch of prisoners, overseen by a joint military committee, took place on Friday in the southwestern village of al-Shwayrif, according to the UN support mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Libya is divided between a UN-backed National Accounts Government (GNA) in the capital Tripoli and rival…

Italy and Libya signed an settlement on Friday to co-operate within the fields of protection for schooling, well being care and demining actions. Italian Protection Minister Lorenzo Guerini met along with his Libyan counterpart Salahuddin Al-Namroush in Rome, the place they signed the "Joint Technical Army Cooperation Settlement", which renews a deal signed in 2013. It requires the identification of latest methods of collaborating within the discipline of medical well being care, beginning with the…

The UN said Friday that fighting continued "in many parts" of Ethiopia's Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite an agreement that gave the UN access to territory under federal control. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations in the northern region a month ago, saying they were targeting the leaders of its ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Last week, he declared victory and said the fighting was "over" after federal forces entered the…

Ethiopia and the UN reached an settlement on Wednesday to permit help to government-controlled areas within the Tigray area the place federal troops have declared their army operation towards native forces, two UN officers stated. The settlement will enable first help to the area of 6 million individuals who have been interrupted throughout preventing that started a month in the past between the federal and Tigray regional governments. Every considers the opposite unlawful in an influence battle that…

Standoff continues in Côte d'Ivoire. The homes of key opponents condemning the re-election of Alassane Ouattara are still surrounded by police since the opposition announced it intends to set up a National Transitional Council. The RHDP, the ruling party, claims that the opposition has committed an "act of rebellion" that undermines the security of the state.…

A few weeks now before the presidential election scheduled for October 31, Guillaume Soro from France, this Sunday night, admitted an interview on Burkinabè television, BF1. "The opposition will act in a methodical and effective way", t - he cuts. During this nearly one-hour interview, the president of Generations and Solidarity Peoples (GPS) again assessed that the vote could not be held at the end of the month because it was tainted with illegality, according to him. He particularly attacked the Constitutional Court and…

Ten years ago today, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published his "Mapping" report on the most serious crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003. This unprecedented investigation was to put an end to more than a decade of impunity and had in one year registered 617 war crimes, crimes against humanity and possible genocide crimes. But since then, none of these crimes have been tried, and its recommendations remain a dead letter condemned by more and more voices in the Congo,…