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Libyan Factions Sign Long-Delayed Peace Deal

Libyan Factions Sign Long-Delayed Peace Deal

Libya’s rival factions on Thursday signed a long-delayed UN-backed deal aimed at ending the country’s civil strife. Representatives from Libya’s two competing parliaments signed the power-sharing pact at a televised ceremony in the presence of the UN envoy Martin Kobler and several foreign diplomats in the Moroccan resort town of Skhirat. “Today is a historic […]

Agri-tech is the future of farming: The German Ministry of International Cooperation and Development supports the creation of agriculture startups in Southern Africa

Agri-tech is the future of farming: The German Ministry of International Cooperation and Development supports the creation of agriculture startups in Southern Africa

The German Ministry for International Cooperation and Development (BMZ) supports the AMPION Venture Bus, a seven days startup bootcamp with 40 participants from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, France and Germany. The bus tour started on 13 November in Windhoek (Namibia) and led through Ghanzi and Gaborone (both Botswana), Johannesburg, Bloemfontein to Cape Town (all […]

Je suis Muslim

Je suis Muslim

I am a Muslim. As a Muslim, I wish to pay my respect to those Parisians who lost their lives on that terrifying night on November 13. As a Muslim, I wish to express my condolences to all those who have lost a loved one during this diabolic attack in Paris. As a Muslim, I […]

UK court hears Libya dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj rendition claim

UK court hears Libya dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj rendition claim

One of the most controversial claims of rendition involving the UK is being heard by the Supreme Court in London. Ex-Libyan dissident Abdul Hakim Belhaj says MI6 helped to arrange his and his wife’s rendition – saying they were covertly taken from Thailand to Libya. The case, involving allegations against ex-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and […]

EU Leaders To Give African Leaders Billions Of Euros In Exchange For Stopping Refugee Influx

EU Leaders To Give African Leaders Billions Of Euros In Exchange For Stopping Refugee Influx

EU leaders will push their wary African counterparts to help tackle the migration crisis at a summit in Malta this week, offering them billions of euros in aid in exchange for cooperation. Having recently pressed Turkey to stem the flow of Syrian refugees, Europe is turning its attention to the other main source of an […]

COMESA and Microsoft collaborate to promote access, skills and innovation in 19 African Countries

COMESA and Microsoft collaborate to promote access, skills and innovation in 19 African Countries

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) through the COMESA Business Council (CBC) and Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) have taken a step toward strengthening their working alliance today by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which sets out how they will collaborate in the areas of access to technology, development of relevant skills and […]

Benghazi Government Accuses Italian Warships of Violating Libyan Territorial Waters

Benghazi Government Accuses Italian Warships of Violating Libyan Territorial Waters

Three Italian warships have entered Libyan waters east of Benghazi without permission, the internationally recognized Libyan government claims. The EU is running an anti-trafficking mission on the high seas near Libya. The Benghazi-based officials vowed to use “all means” to protect the country’s sovereignty, in a statement issued on Sunday. Libyan naval forces say they […]

UN Draft Agreement, ‘A Unifying Framework That Serves Interest of Libyan People’

UN Draft Agreement, ‘A Unifying Framework That Serves Interest of Libyan People’

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry said Monday, in Algiers, that the United Nations draft agreement for the settlement of the crisis in Libya is a “unifying framework that serves the interest of the Libyan people” in the face of the country’s challenges. “The UN draft agreement is a unifying framework that serves the […]

UN mission condemns terrorist attack against Benghazi demonstration

UN mission condemns terrorist attack against Benghazi demonstration

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) today strongly condemned the terrorist attack which targeted a peaceful demonstration in Benghazi, killing and injuring many civilians. “UNSMIL calls on Libyans to reject violence as a means to settle political differences and stresses that peaceful expression of political views is one of the basic rights in […]

Top UN humanitarian official in Libya calls for immediate release of abducted aid workers

Top UN humanitarian official in Libya calls for immediate release of abducted aid workers

The top UN relief official in Libya today condemned the abduction of two aid workers in southern Libya and warned that persistent threats against humanitarian workers is hindering the delivery of crucial aid to those in need in that part of the war-torn country. “Those humanitarian workers have gone out of their way – 400 […]

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