Libyan gov’t ‘determined’ to resume offensive if Haftar stays in Sirte, Jufra, top Turkish diplomat tells Financial Times Libya’s UN-recognized government will agree to a cease-fire only if warlord Khalifa Haftar withdraws his forces from country’s central and western regions, the Turkish foreign minister said. Speaking to British daily the Financial Times (FT), Mevlut Cavusoglu

Ethiopia is gradually and steadily opening up doors and minds to international relations. Testament to this was when French President Macron sealed a deal with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed when they met in March 2019. The French signalled plans to invest 2.8 Billion Euros in hopes of awakening a sleeping African giant that Ethopia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) UN Special Rapporteur Callamard said evidence suggests crime could not have taken place without the aid of Saudi prince A UN official has said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was a prime suspect in the case of the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in

Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia [Business Monthly/Facebook] Ethiopia’s “very strict” stance on some of the technical and legal points relating to the Renaissance Dam talks greatly reduces the chance of agreement, Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced on Thursday. Speaking to Egyptian TV DMC, Spokesman for the ministry Mohamed Al-Sebaei disclosed: “The Egyptian proposal

Photo: Credit AP Marcio Jose Sanchez, Congresswoman’s call, says one rights advocate, “is an important acknowledgment that civilians unlawfully harmed have a right to redress. Citing obligations under international law, Rep. Ilhan Omar is calling for monetary reparations for civilian victims of U.S. drone attacks in Somalia despite the Pentagon’s continued failure to acknowledge the

Somali pirates who were transferred to Seychelles by EU NAVFOR in April and charged in May The trial of five suspected Somali pirates who were transferred to the Seychelles by EU NAVFOR in April last year will start in the Seychelles Supreme Court on Aug. 30. The suspects appeared before Justice Gustave Dodin at the

Amid fears over the spread of the coronavirus, people around the world adjusted to a new normal and began adopting preventive measures such as social distancing and home isolation, which inflicted a heavy blow on shops offering services to the public. Jama Abdi Jama, an entrepreneur of African origin, was excited to open a new

Photo/Somali Times /’Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey The United Arab Emirates has offered Somalia to reopen a hospital in the capital, in exchange for backing the UAE’s involvement in the Yemeni war, but Somalia rejected this amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. After a period of cold relations, the United Arab

Kuwaiti prosecutors on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the son of a former prime minister and his partner amid a corruption probe of the so-called “Malaysian Sovereign Fund” case, Anadolu Agency reports. Informed sources told Anadolu Agency that the investigation began on Thursday morning following the arrest of Sheikh Sabah Jaber al-Mubarak al-Sabah and

Ruling party spokesman criticizes move to include Greek Cypriots in military training program Turkey’s ruling party on Thursday slammed the US decision to include the Greek Cypriot administration to its International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. Omer Celik, spokesman of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, tweeted that such moves would lead to destabilization