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Transition from centrally planned economy to free market is not easy as the Algerian authorities must have realized this week when they saw their African Business forum crumbling before their eyes. They must have felt upset and terribly humiliated to Read more
Moroccan intelligence services have received information from their American counterparts of a movement of some Islamic State group (IS) militants disguised as merchants fleeing Libya in direction to the North African country, reports say. The report stems from the Arabic Read more
Tensions are still high in Tripoli as the battle for the control of the capital and the parliament continues between the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the National Salvation Government (NSG) supported by a coalition of Islamist groups Read more
Moroccan security services have announced Wednesday the arrest of two jihadists linked to ISIS terror organization. They were operating in the northern cities of Tetouan and Fnideq. According to the Moroccan Interior Ministry, the arrest of the two militants, made Read more
Four Egyptian workers belonging to state-owned power company lost their lives Sunday in the city of Al-Arish, in the Sinai Peninsula after their car hit a roadside bomb believed to have been planted by the Islamic State (IS) group, reports Read more
Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, who was not straightforward about his ambitions to serve as the country’s leader, has however stated in an interview, “military people who were elected to lead their country achieved remarkable success.” Libya needs a leader with Read more
Israel on Wednesday prevented the Palestinian beach soccer team from taking part in a continental championship, captain of the Palestinian team told the media. The team, expected to join other nations in Danang, Vietnam, for the Fifth Asian Beach Games, Read more
A report by the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee on the origins, policies, and aftermath of NATO’s military intervention in Libya in 2011 severely indicted former Prime Minister David Cameron as well as his foreign secretary, William Hague, and Read more
An Egyptian police conscript was killed Friday and five others were injured by improvised explosive device (IED) in Al-Arish, in North Sinai, reports say. The conscript, 22, was killed after the explosive went off in the western part of Arish. Read more
The Islamic State (IS) group Monday claimed the killing of an Egyptian police major gunned down on Sunday in North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish. The Egyptian interior ministry confirmed the claim. The militant group holding tight to security forces Read more