Month: August 2020
Islamist Attacks in Mozambique Threaten to Disrupt Total-Led Natural-Gas Project
Fighting between Islamic extremist rebels and Mozambique’s army over a key port is threatening to disrupt the East African nation’s burgeoning natural-gas developments, including a multibillion-dollar project led by French energy giant Total SA .
Bomber’s brother jailed for life for Manchester concert attack
Hashem Abedi, 23, was convicted of murder, attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions.
The brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, northwest England, in 2017 was on Thursday jailed for life.
Egypt wary of Turkish-Qatari moves in western Libya
Cairo categorically refuses to let the coastal city of Misrata be turned into a base for Turkish naval vessels.
Egypt is showing its frustration with accelerating Turkish and Qatari moves in Libya in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA).
Erdoğan Needs New Enemies
All those Turkish-Greek tensions in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas bolster a century-long Turkish nostalgia to take back some of the Greek islands. Yeni Safak, a fiercely pro-Erdoğan newspaper, suggested that the Turkish military should invade 16 Greek islands.
Mali: DÉPART FORCÉ DU CHEF DE L’ÉTAT ET DE SON RÉGIME : LES SECRETS D’UN COUP D’ÉTAT ARRANGÉ
L’entrée du Mali dans l’ère démocratique s’est faite par un coup d’Etat qui a renversé le régime dictatorial du Général Moussa TRAORE en mars 1991. De cette date à nos jours, tous les présidents démocratiquement élus ont été emportés par un Coup d’Etat, excepté le Président Alpha O Konaré. À la seule différence des autres putschs, celui perpétré contre IBK en début de semaine dernière s’est effectué sans effusion de sang. Tout laissait penser que le Coup d’Etat a été négocié entre les différents corps de l’armée pour éviter un bain de sang.
Special Analysises
The Islamic State’s Revitalization in Libya and its Post-2016 War of Attrition
Abstract: Following its territorial loss of Sirte in December 2016, the Islamic State in Libya has rebounded to wage a war of attrition that seeks to derail Libyan state formation. During the last two years, the group has been able to ‘reset,’ moving through recovery, reorganization, and now re-engagement phases.
Read MoreIsis in Action
On 16 August, the Libyan National Army (LNA) claimed to have killed three ISIS-Libya fighters in Ghadduwa, after they were briefly besieged by locals near a farm.
Read MoreIran: The U.S. Brings Maximum Pressure to the UN
The Trump administration continues its “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran, now with an attempt to restore pre-2015 UN sanctions, a right reserved for signatories to the nuclear deal it abandoned. Other UN Security Council members should disregard this gambit and urge Tehran not to overreact.
Read MoreTrei state membre NATO se ameninţă şi se şicanează reciproc. Ce poate face Alianţa?
Nu s-a ajuns la aprinderea focurilor războiului, dar nici nu suntem extrem de departe. Motivul imediat îl constituie drepturile de foraj şi definirea dată de partea greacă sau de cea turcă a zonelor economice exclusive (EEZ).
Read MoreMacron invites Head of Libya’s Presidential Council to visit Paris
The Head of the Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj has received an invitation from the French President Emmanuel Macron to visit Paris, his media office reported Sunday.
Anti corruption protests in Tripoli and Misurata
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Sunday evening at the Martyrs Square in Tripoli, to protest the endemic corruption in the state, demanding accountability and the dismissal of those responsible.