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Tunisia: Elections likely to be held 15 September after death of President EssebsiF

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...

Libya: Dozens of migrants missing in the MediterraneanF

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,...

Libya: Misrata militia says it captured Qaeda leadersF

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",...

Tunisia: Death of President Essebsi forces change in election calendarF

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...

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