Landlocked Niger Seeks €1 bn to Fight Illegal Migration
Niger’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday said the west-African nation needs €1 billion to combat illegal migration. Landlocked Niger, ranked as the poorest country on earth […]
Italy
Italian Physician Killed in Kenya
An Italian doctor working for a children’s charity in Kenya was killed and three other Italians were injured in an armed robbery of their house, […]
Libya: Rival forces reject UN-proposed peace deal
Libya’s rival parliaments and governments both showed opposition to the UN-proposed peace deal installing a unity government Monday, with one lawmaker saying it would deepen […]
Brussels Airlines to double its flights to Sierra Leone and Liberia
Brussels Airlines will double its flights to Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Monrovia (Liberia), the company said in a statement on June 24. The two West […]
Egypt-Italy: Eni to invest $ 2 billion in Egypt’s oil fields exploration
Egypt and the Italian oil company Eni have agreed on a $2 billion deal authorizing the Italian firm to explore some of Egypt’s oil fields. […]
Algeria turns down request to host EU drones
Algerian authorities have turned down a request by the EU to house one of the bases for drones that will be used to destroy migrant […]
Mediterranean: Over 300 migrants missing in shipwrecks
Four dinghies tried to cross from Libya. Only 9 people could be rescued on Sunday by the Italian Coast Guard on Lampedusa Island; 29 died […]
Libya: Western Countries condemn “all acts of violence”
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States have strongly condemned “all acts of violence” rocking Libya since the fall the Gaddafi […]
Ghana: Italian investors buy Ghana after forum
Italian investors have developed interest in Ghana after the first edition of the Ghana Trade and Investment Forum initiated by the Italian government was held […]
Libya : Mysterious Strikes Ordered by Gen. Khalifa
Two unidentified fighter jets which bombarded Islamist militias in the capital have led to speculations that other countries have started to get involved in the […]