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Libya PM fires Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush after she met Israel’s counterpartF

Libya's internationally recognised prime minister has sacked his top diplomat after she met her Israeli counterpart, with news of the encounter triggering protests in a country that does not recognise Israel. Oil-rich Libya, which plunged into chaos after dictator...
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Algeria: In major win for pro-democracy activists, ex Defense Minister indicted for torture by Swiss courtF

Former Algerian defence minister Khaled Nezzar has been indicted in Switzerland on charges of committing crimes against humanity in the 1990s during the civil war, state prosecutors said Tuesday. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) said it had...
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Algeria sentences 2 men to prison for allegedly “publishing classified info”F

An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced an Algerian-Canadian researcher and Algerian journalist each to two years in prison, one of their lawyers said. Raouf Farrah, 36, and Mustapha Bendjama, 32, were convicted of publishing classified information by the court in the...
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Libya says it captured IS militant behind three attacks in 2018F

A leader of the Islamic State (IS) group who allegedly planned and sponsored three deadly attacks in the Libyan capital Tripoli in 2018 has been captured, the country's prime minister said Thursday. "Our forces apprehended on Tuesday a leader of the terrorist...
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