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Libya: Turkish and Italian officials visit Libya’s UN-recognised government

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, whose country is a staunch supporter of Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord, began a visit to Tripoli on Thursday.  Cavusoglu arrived with his Maltese counterpart Evaris Bartolo, the foreign ministry said in a...

Egypt: Impasse in talks over Nile dam. Sudan threatens to withdraw

Egypt on Tuesday called for a suspension of meetings with Ethiopia on Addis Ababa's massive dam construction project on the Nile. Sudan threatened to withdraw from the talks saying Ethiopia insisted on linking them to renegotiating a deal on sharing the waters of the...

Immigration: Influx of migrants gives new momentum to Italy’s far-right movement

Lampedusa, Italy - [Photo: Giorgia Meloni] - Out in the Mediterranean, under a baking sun, fisherman Ezio Billeci comes across a boat of vulnerable migrants and calls for help, but for hours the only response he gets from Italian authorities is to "stand by". The...

Sahel: Government of Chad slows Internet access to a trickle

N'Djamena, Aug 4, 2020 - Chad says it has cut back the speed of the internet to crimp the spread of messages "inciting hate" on social media. Government spokesman Mahamat Zene Cherif said late Monday that a "temporary measure" to slow the internet was introduced on...

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