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Tunis, July 26, 2019 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisia has less than two months to organise snap elections following the death of president Beji Caid Essebsi, amid uncertainty over who could step forward to run the North African country.  Essebsi, the country's...

Tripoli, July 25, 2019 - Some 150 migrants are missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. "The sinking took place off the coast of the city of Khoms," some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Tripoli,...

Tripoli, July 25, 2019 - A Libyan militia has arrested a number of Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist leaders in a raid near the capital Tripoli, the group said. The Misrata Joint Security Force carried out the raid against "wanted terrorists, classified as Al-Qaeda leaders",...

Tunis, July 25, 2019 - Tunisia is to bring forward a planned November presidential election by several weeks, the electoral commission said Thursday following the death of incumbent Beji Caid Essebsi. Interim leader Mohammed Ennaceur "has 90 days to organise a...