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In Libya, after two days of intense debate, the elected parliament approved the transitional government led by 61-year-old businessman Abdel Hamid Dbeibah. The vote took place on Wednesday 10 March in Sirte. He was hailed as "historic" for a cabinet born of a UN-sponsored process that will help bring the country out of chaos by leading it to elections at the end of the year. Abdel Hamid Dbeibah and…

The verdict in Burundi over former President Pierre Buyoya to life in prison puts the African Union in an embarrassment. The latter is the high representative of the organization in Mali and the Sahel. There were no statements in Addis Ababa as relations remain strained between the AU and Burundi. Two years ago, the African…