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Libya rivals swap prisoners, in line with cease-fire deal
Libya’s rival leaders kicked off a U.N.-brokered prisoner exchange, United Nations and Libyan officials said Saturday, which was part of a preliminary cease-fire agreement between the warring Libyan groups.The exchange of a first batch of prisoners, supervised by a...
North Africa
German warship intercepts and searches Libya-bound Turkish freighter
Associated PressTurkey and Germany were at loggerheads on Monday after a German frigate enforcing an arms embargo against Libya intercepted a Turkish freighter in the Mediterranean sea and carried out what a senior Turkish official dismissed as an “illegal”...
North Africa
UN opens Libya peace talks in Tunis with eye on elections
ReutersThe United Nations opened talks on Libya’s future in Tunisia on Monday aimed at ending nearly a decade of chaos and bloodshed by arranging elections, but obstacles remain despite progress in cementing last month’s ceasefire.Acting U.N. Libya envoy Stephanie...
North Africa
Libyans set Nigeria migrant ablaze in Tripoli
Associated PressA migrant worker was burnt to death in the Libyan capital, U.N. and government officials said Wednesday, the latest in abuses that migrants and refuges face in the conflict-stricken country.The Interior Ministry of the U.N.-supported government said three...
North Africa
Egypt’s Sisi committed to ridding Libya of militia, regional interference
ReutersEgypt is committed to helping Libyans “rid their country of armed militias and terrorist organizations, and put an end to the blatant interference of some regional parties,” Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told the United Nations General Assembly on...
North Africa
Libya’s Haftar says will lift oil blockade
ReutersEastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar announced on Friday he would lift for one month his blockade of oil output and said he had agreed with the rival Tripoli government on “fair distribution” of energy revenue.A resumption of oil exports...
North Africa
Turkey upset by Libya Sarraj’s plan to step down
ReutersPresident Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey was upset that Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, an ally, wants to quit next month and Ankara may hold talks with his government on the issue in the coming week.Sarraj...
North Africa
UN-backed Libya’s Fayez Serraj to step down next month
Associated PressThe head of Libya’s U.N.-backed government said Wednesday night that he wants to hand over power to a new administration in October, amid peace talks on ending the country’s years long conflict.Fayez Serraj said the U.N.-brokered talks between...
North Africa
UN demands all countries enforce arms embargo on Libya
Associated PressThe U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday demanding that all countries enforce the widely violated U.N. arms embargo on Libya, withdraw all mercenaries from the country.The council also called for political talks and a cease-fire in the...
North Africa
Warring Libya rivals, UAE, Russia, Turkey violate UN embargo
Warring Libya camps and their international backers — UAE, Russia, Jordan, Turkey and Qatar have violated a U.N. arms embargo on Libya which has been ineffective, reports the Associated Press.The panel of experts monitoring sanctions against Libya said in...
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President Museveni declared winner of Uganda election
Uganda's long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected, electoral officials say, amid accusations of vote rigging by his main...