News

19 February 2020
IOM calls for safe disembarkation ports for sea rescued migrants fleeing Libya
According to the UN agency, providing a safety port and a quick disembarkation mechanism is a key step to avoid returns of rescued migrants and refugees to unsafe detention centres in Libya....
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18 February 2020
Turkey acquits Gezi Park protestors, but re-arrests Osman Kavala immediately after his release
Human rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala was re-arrested on 18 February over new charges related to the 2016 failed military coup. ...
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18 February 2020
Libya’s UN-recognised government halts ceasefire talks after Haftar forces attack Tripoli’s port
Rising tensions between Khalifa Haftar’s forces and the Government of National Accord put at risk the fragile negotiations established after the Berlin Conference....
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17 February 2020
EBRD backs the development of high-quality hospitals in Egypt and Morocco
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has recently contributed with $20 million to the building of two high-quality healthcare facilities in Alexandria and Casablanca....
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17 February 2020
HR/VP Borrell announces the launch of a new military operation off the Libyan coast
EU foreign ministers discussed the situation in Libya and the EU-Africa partnership in the last meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council on 17 February....
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15 February 2020
Egypt announces major oil and gas exploration agreements with several international companies
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has recently closed exploration deals with Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, BP, Total and Exxon Mobile....
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14 February 2020
The Strasbourg Court backs migrants’ express deportations in Ceuta and Melilla
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced that immediate deportations at the Spanish-Moroccan border do not contravene the European Convention on Human Rights. ...
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10 February 2020
African leaders show their support for the UN-led peace process in Libya and plan to set their own joint counterterrorism force
African leaders at the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa called for a more prominent role of the organization in the resolution of the ongoing conflicts in the continent. ...
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5 February 2020
EU and Denmark provide €6 million for new infrastructure projects in the West Bank
The European Union and Denmark will fund 16 infrastructures projects in 15 different localities across the Wes Bank, serving over 24,000 beneficiaries....
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