Mali Signs Peace, Reconciliation Agreement – Algiers Process
Bamako — The Malian parties, government and political-military groups of the North will sign on Friday, in a ceremony in Bamako, the Peace and Reconciliation agreement in Mali, resulting from the Algiers process to end the crisis in this country. The signing ceremony took place in the afternoon at the International Conference Centre of the […]
President Bouteflika Conducts Cabinet Reshuffle: Algeria
Algiers — President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Thursday conducted a cabinet reshuffle, said a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic. “In conformity of the clauses of Article 79 of the Constitution and following consultation with the Premier, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the Republic, Minister of National Defence has promulgated a presidential decree […]
World’s most remote film festival – Sahara screenings
This is the world’s most remote film festival – in a refugee camp in the Sahara desert, where nothing grows and few people visit. The sun is so scorching in Algeria’s Dakhla camp – over the border from the disputed territory of Western Sahara – that equipment, including solar panels, can melt in the heat. […]
Tunisians seeks to set a world record, unfurl world’s ‘largest’ flag
Organisers said that it took 80 kilometres (50 miles) of fabric to make the flag which weighed in at 12.6 tonnes. TUNISIANS have unfurled a national flag the size of 19 football pitches in a bid to set a Guinness world record and promote patriotism in the face of Islamist extremism. Hundreds of people turned […]
Libyan soldiers jailed for raping a man
Two Libyan cadets have been jailed for 12 years each for raping a man in Cambridge. Moktar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim Abugtila, 23, were stationed at Bassingbourn Barracks in Cambridgeshire when they attacked the man in October. They both denied rape and aiding and abetting rape but were found guilty after a trial […]
Boosting Security – US Delivers Humvees, Patrol Boat to Tunisia
TUNIS — The United States delivered 52 Humvee military vehicles and a patrol boat to Tunisia on Thursday to help it fight jihadists and tighten control over its coast, U.S. embassy said. Since a 2011 uprising that toppled Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has had a much less turbulent transition toward democracy than its North […]
Egypt legend Aboutrika denies Muslim Brotherhood affiliation
The three-times African player of the year Mohamed Aboutrika has denied that the tourism company he co-owns in Egypt is linked to the banned Islamist movement the Muslim Brotherhood. Aboutrika, who retired from football in December 2013, had assets seized by the Egyptian government last week after it was alleged he had helped fund the […]
EU plans military campaign to smash migrant smuggling network
Exclusive: Strategy paper for the mission focuses on air and naval campaign, but adds that ‘presence ashore’ might be needed to destroy smugglers’ assets European plans for a military campaign to smash the migrant smuggling networks operating out of Libya include options for ground forces on Libyan territory. The 19-page strategy paper for the mission, […]
Girls raped, boys abducted, towns torched: South Sudan
Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the United Nations has said. Over 300,000 civilians have been left without “life-saving aid” in the northern battleground state of Unity, after the UN and aid agencies pulled […]
Egypt’s justice minister fired over social class remarks
Egypt’s justice minister has resigned after raising a public uproar by saying in a TV interview that the children of rubbish collectors workers are too lowly to become judges. The comments on Sunday by Mahfouz Saber brought a heavy backlash on social media from Egyptians denouncing elitism and what some saw as the arrogance of […]
