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Tunisia: Epidemic shows extent of weakness of Tunisia’s health sectorF

El Hamma, Tunisia, Sept 2, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on struggling health services in southeast Tunisia, with residents and doctors in a Covid-19 hotspot deploring a lack of equipment and medics. The North African country had managed to...

Libya: Weapons continue to pour into Libya, despite arms embargoF

United Nations, United States, Sept 3, 2020 - The interim UN envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Wednesday denounced what she called "blatant" ongoing violations of the arms embargo in effect on the war-wracked country. Since UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres...

Mali: Reshuffle in Mali’s defense and security establishmentF

Bamako, Sept 2, 2020 - Mali's junta has named a new army chief of staff and appointed people to other key army and security posts, weeks after seizing power, according to decrees published Wednesday. General Oumar Diarra is named chief of the general staff of the...

Mali: Ousted president Keita suffers mini-stroke, admitted in hospitalF

Bamako, Sept 2, 2020 - Former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who has not been seen in public since his August 18 ouster in a coup, has been hospitalised after suffering a brief stroke-like attack, a doctor said Wednesday. Keita, 75, was admitted to a...