Libya
IMF warns of overspending by Libya’s eastern authorities
The International Monetary Fund has warned that authorities in eastern Libya spent around 60 billion dinars ($12.5 billion) in
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Prosecutors in Algeria have requested a 10-year prison sentence for Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, who has been detained since November upon his arrival back at Algiers airport. Sansal is accused of undermining the country's territorial integrity, and according to local media reports, a verdict against the writer, is due on March 27. Sansal writes in French, and his case has received widespread attention in France; this while relations between France and its former colony Algeria have deteriorated significantly in recent months.
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