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12 November 2018
A truncated Libyan Peace Conference in Sicily
Leaders of Libya’s conflicting factions gathered in Palermo in a two-day conference held by Italy to show its determination to regain diplomatic control. The conference seeks talks about the situation in Libya, as the state of things is still far from a peaceful resolution....
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11 November 2018
7 Palestinians and 1 Israeli soldier killed in a raid in Gaza
In a clandestine raid, Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and among those reported killed was Nour Baraka, a 37-year-old prominent commander of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas....
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9 November 2018
Moroccan journalist sentenced to 12 years
The director of the Akhbar al-Yaoum newspaper was sentenced to 12 years in prison and additional € 20,000 fine by the Casablanca Court of Appeals on sexual assault and human trafficking charges, a trial that activists say is politically motivated....
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8 November 2018
The UN envoy to Libya admits that holding elections on 10 December would be impossible
The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, told the Security Council that the violence and the deadlock between rival administrations had made the possibility of elections next moth unrealistic. ...
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7 November 2018
Algeria: publishers denounce a campaign of “criminalization of web journalism”
The Algerian Union of Electronic Press Publishers has denounced the unprecedented wave of arrests that has mainly affected online media, after Algeria has imprisoned 6 journalists in the last 10 days....
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