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April 8, 2021

Is France honest in embracing Libya’s new government?

On 29 March, the French Embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, was reopened after seven years of closure. The new embassy relocated from the upscale Al-Andalus neighbourhood, west of...

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April 8, 2021

Libya: Haftar vows to ‘restore Libya’s prestige’

The Libyan National Army (LNA)’s battle won’t end until the country’s “prestige, borders, military bases and territorial waters are restored,” General Khalifa Haftar vowed on Tuesday. “Any attempt directed...

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April 8, 2021

Amnesty International slams Israel’s ‘institutionalised discrimination’ against Palestinians

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned Israel for: “Continuing to practice institutionalised discrimination against Palestinians in the occupied territories.” In a report, the human rights organisation denounced the security cordon...

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April 8, 2021

Algeria’s Tebboune: ‘Authorities will not tolerate incitement and dangerous deviations of Hirak’

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Tuesday issued a warning to the Hirak protest movement calling for reforming the country’s political system, stressing that the authorities will not tolerate the...

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April 8, 2021

Ethiopia accuses Egypt, Sudan of obstructing Kinshasa talks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi declared on Wednesday, regarding the issue of the Renaissance Dam, that: “All options are possible if a drop of Egypt’s share of Nile water...

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April 8, 2021

Biden sets new US strategy in Libya

US President Joe Biden’s administration is set to formulate a new strategy in Libya that differs from the one implemented by former President Donald Trump. Biden hopes to revise...

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April 7, 2021

Jordan King: Rift over, Prince Hamza in palace

King Abdullah II of Jordan said in a speech on Wednesday that a “rift” with his half-brother Prince Hamzah was over, adding that he was now in the palace...

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April 7, 2021

Lebanon's President Aoun holds central bank responsible for crisis

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the central bank bore responsibility for the country’s financial collapse and for stalling an audit which is a key condition for foreign...

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April 7, 2021

US to restore more than $200m in aid to Palestinians

The Biden administration plans to provide at least $235 million in US aid to the Palestinians, restarting funding for the United Nations agency supporting refugees and restoring other assistance...

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April 7, 2021

Iran records highest virus cases since outbreak

Iran’s Ministry of Health today reported nearly 21,000 COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day figure since the first case was detected in February 2020 in the country, Reuters reported local media saying....

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