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  • Algeria to keep borders closed until COVID-19 ends

    Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday announced that the country will keep the land, air and sea borders closed until the end of the COVID-19 crisis, the official APS news agency reported. President Tebboune also…

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    Tags : Algeria; coronavirus; covid 19, borders, travels,

  • Talks may lead to end of blockade of Libyan oilfields

    Forces loyal to the Libyan warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar may be willing to end their blockade of the country’s oilfields, opening the way for a ceasefire, as a result of talks between the UN, US, France and Egypt. Under a deal under discussion for the past two weeks, the Libyan National Oil Corporation…

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    Tags : Libya, oilfields,

  • Algeria’s rulers consolidate grip as economy falters

    When people started dying of Covid-19 in Algeria in March, protesters called a halt to the weekly demonstrations that had rocked the country for more than a year and toppled President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. With the streets …

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    Tags : Algeria, coronavirus, covid 19, pandemic, protests,

  • Algeria’s Hirak protesters defy virus lockdown

    Algerians resumed Monday anti-regime protests in several cities in support of detainees of the “Hirak” movement, defying the ban of demonstrations during the coronavirus pandemic. The protests took place during the Eid Al-Fitr celebrations…

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    Tags : Algeria, Hirak, protests, covid 19, coronavirus,

  • The next steps in Libya

    There has been mildly encouraging news out of Libya in recent months, almost nine years after the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi led to chaos rather than an improvement in governance and stability. The international community has ignored many chances to help the country get back on…

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    Tags : Libya, stability, 

  • Libyan Civil War: A reality check through VHR satellite imagery

    Oil & Gas-rich Libya has been in chaos since the Arab spring movement and NATO bombing campaign that toppled Gaddafi in 2011. Attempts to build a democratic state after Gaddafi fell disintegrated into a new Libyan Civil War between rival governments in 2014. Since then the fighting…

    Read more from the source : Geospatial World

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Libya, satellite imagery,

  • Algeria out of the picture in the Libyan crisis and for a reason

    During a visit by Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune to the Ministry of National Defence in Algiers on June 2, the Army’s chief of staff, Major General Said Chengriha, spoke highly of the proposed preliminary draft to revise…

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    Tags : Algeria, Libya crisis, diplomacy, 

  • The New Morocco-Nigeria Pipeline: A Highly Risky Tool for the South-South agenda of the Makhzen

    Since Morocco’s King Mohammed VI visited Abuja in December 2016, several meetings have followed to assess the technical and economic viability of the project. Two protocols of the agreement have been signed between Morocco and Nigeria, discussing the construction of a gas…

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    Tags : Morocco, Nigeria, gas pipeline,

  • The Great Carve-Up

    The yearlong offensive on Tripoli by Khalifa Haftar’s forces has suffered fatal set­backs, and Libya’s conflicts are changing shape. Russia’s and Turkey’s attempts at carving out spheres of influence are bound to collide with the interests of other for­eign powers and with the fluidity of Libya’s political…

    Read more from the source : German Institute for International and Security Affairs

     

     

     

     

    Tags : Libya, Khalifa Haftar, Russia, Turkey,

  • Rwanda-Tunisia hold dialogue to strengthen bilateral cooperation

    Rwandan Foreign Affairs minister, Dr Vincent Biruta held a telephone conversation on Thursday with Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Noureddine Erray to discuss the two countries’ role in global cooperation against COVID-19. The two sides…

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    Tags : Tunisia, Rwanda, cooperation, bilateral relations,