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Libya's Presidential Council on Monday said that the recent releases of political prisoners in the country were part of the national reconciliation efforts.A number of political prisoners who have completed their sentences or who were…

Syria has agreed to help crisis-hit Lebanon by letting gas and electricity transit through its territory, an official said on Saturday during the first high-level visit from Beirut to Damascus since Syria’s civil war erupted.Harsh fuel…

Morocco's national football team were able to leave Guinea late on Sunday, a Moroccan official said, after army putschists said they had staged a coup in the west African country.Scheduled to face Guinea in a Monday qualifier for the…

Somalia’s prime minister on Monday suspended the intelligence chief, a move the president called unconstitutional.The dispute over Fahad Yasin, the director of Somalia’s National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA), erupted after…

Pope Francis has moved to allay Jewish concerns over comments he made about their books of sacred law, following a demand for clarification from Israel’s top rabbis, Vatican and Jewish community sources said on Monday.Last month Reuters…

Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the wannabe sportsman son of the diseased dictator in Libya Muammar Gaddafi, was released from prison in Tripoli on Sunday night, the Government of National Unity and its Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah have confirmed.…

Prospects for holding national elections this December are bleak. The House of Representatives (HoR) and the High Council of State (HCS) failed to produce the constitutional basis and election laws as required. Aguila Saleh, HoR…

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has again urged countries to withdraw all foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya, saying they continue to operate throughout the conflict-stricken North African country in violation of last…

The United States (US) has renewed its call for the withdrawal of all foreign forces and fighters from Libya and for holding presidential and parliamentary elections as scheduled on December 24.The US, according to a statement by…

Algeria hosted Monday a meeting for the neighboring countries of Libya to reiterate support for the country's political process and roadmap that leads to elections in December.The meeting was attended by the United Nations, African…