Libya
Greece sees migrant surge amid Libya-Turkey push for Mediterranean energy expansion
More than 5,000 migrants from Libya have landed on Crete and Gavdos since June, prompting EU chief Ursula von
Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appeared in court on Wednesday at the opening of his appeal against a jail sentence for abuse of power and embezzlement.
Aziz, who ruled the 4.5 million-population country between north Africa and sub-Saharan Africa between 2008 and 2019, was found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail in December 2023. His lawyers have appealed the sentence.
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Libya
Greece sees migrant surge amid Libya-Turkey push for Mediterranean energy expansion
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Morocco
Morocco urges unified global vision on social development at Arab meeting
Morocco’s UN envoy Omar Hilale has called for countries to adopt a unified vision to address growing global social
Morocco
Lawmakers from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia form new regional Parliamentary alliance
Lawmakers from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and The Gambia have formed a new parliamentary alliance aimed at strengthening regional integration and
Egypt
Drillship capsizes in Red Sea, killing four
Marine traffic through Egypt’s Suez Canal was not affected by the capsizing of a drillship in the Red Sea,