Burkina Faso: Michel Kafando selected transitional president
Diplomat Michel Kafando has been selected early Monday as the transitional president of Burkina Faso sixteen days after a popular uprising ousted Blaise Compaoré. The […]
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Turkey: 200 business leaders to attend Africa Summit
The second edition of the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit to be held in Equatorial Guinea in less than a week is gaining momentum as President Recep […]
Yemen: Saleh sanction will lead to regional insecurity, GPC warns UN
The General People’s Congress (GPC) has issued a statement to discourage the UN Security Council from imposing sanctions on former president Ali Abdullah Saleh because […]
Syria : Russia to be more dynamic, Damascus frowns at Ankara
UN’s special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has held consultations with the UN Security Council in order to find means of ending a war […]
Libya: UN loses hope, Sudan proposes a solution
Hopes are beginning to run low in Libya as the UN envoy to the country Bernardino Leon signaled that the if the ceasefire continues to […]
HRW Publishes Ambiguous Report on Human Rights in Tindouf Camps
Human Rights Watch presented on Saturday in Algiers a 94-page report on the situation of human rights in the Tindouf camps located in south western […]
Yemen : Houthis overtake Hudeida as government looks on
The Houthi rebels are increasing their domination in Yemen as they took over Hudeida together with the second most important seaport of the country. Military […]
Palestine : UN Arab group drafts resolution ending Israeli occupation
The Palestinian-Arab group at the U.N is drafting a resolution that will determine the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and the independence […]
Turkey : Erdogan lambasts UN and Security Council policies
The newly elected Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, didn’t hesitate to bring the United Nations and its Security Council to task when he stood at […]
Syria ready for regional and international cooperation against ISIS
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem has stated that Damascus is willing to cooperate with other governments to implement U.N’s Security Council resolution 2170 as well […]