Egypt has announced it will be offering China investment projects into electric-generation, railway and train carriage constructions, and many others. These will be proposed during Chinese President Xi Jingpang’s visit to Cairo in February. The new railway network will include
Members of the Benghazi Shura Council have issued a written statement condemning their former allies from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) for attacking their militants inside the Libyan coastal city of Derna this past weekend. The Benghazi
The Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) has recently flexed its muscles in Libya’s northern countryside after increasing their number of personnel on the ground to 5,000 armed combatants from all over North Africa. ISIS has become so confident
Following a suicide bomb that killed 12 presidential guards on a bus and two gun assaults on tourists at a museum and and on the beach, Tunisia has been in a state of emergency. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has
It’s been reported on Anadolu that an Algerian diplomat has revealed his government will suggest for Saudi Arabia and Iran to hold talks to help alleviate their rivalry and provide stability in the region. “Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika offered an
The leaders of 24 Libyan municipalities on Monday signed the UN-sponsored agreement on the formation of a national unity government, in a move welcomed by UN envoy Martin Kobler. “I’m very happy there are 24 signatures of the Libyan political
Since the fall of Mu’ammar Gaddafi in late 2011, various militias with very different political agendas have attempted to seize power in Libya. Elections were held in the country in both 2012 and 2014; however, election turnout dropped from 60%
Following a report of a potential attack on the Tunisia Mall in Berges du Lac area of the capital Tunis, the US embassy warned its citizens to avoid the shopping center. The embassy states: “report of unknown credibility indicates the
Rival Libyan politicians signed Thursday a deal on a unity government despite opposition on both sides, in what the United Nations described as a “first step” towards ending the crisis. World powers have urged the warring factions to break a
Morocco announced on Friday that a terrorist cell linked to ISIS had been dismantled. They were planning on attacks throughout the country it has been alleged. The nine members of the dismantled cell were from across the country. The interior
