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Free and fair elections in Libya should be held "in the shortest possible time," said UN Special Adviser to Libya Stephanie Williams as she met with senior politicians, stressing the need for calm. Williams said on Twitter that she met the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, and also Fathi Bashagha, named by the parliament of the East-based pro-Putist General Khalifa Haftar, to lead a new government in a process rejected by the government. incumbent Prime Minister.…

Libya's western-based upper house on Saturday defended a decision by lawmakers in the country's east to appoint a new prime minister as institutional chaos prevails. The High Council of State (HCS) - a Tripoli-based body equivalent to a senate - usually competes with the House of Representatives (HoR), based in the eastern city of Tobruk. The HoR this week "unanimously" approved former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha to lead the government, a move that left Libya with two prime ministers and…

Tunisian President Kais Saied consolidated his grip on the judiciary on Sunday with a decree allowing him to remove judges or block their promotion, helping to consolidate his power after he seized executive power last summer in a move his enemies call a coup. Saied outraged his opponents and intimidated democratic foreign allies with his announcement last week that he was dissolving the Supreme Judicial Council, a body that guaranteed the independence of the judiciary. A former constitutional lawyer…

The coastal metropolis of Mananjary in Madagascar was largely destroyed after the tropical cyclone Batsirai, help staff stated on Saturday, when extra aids arrived by airplane. The storm killed 120 individuals, principally on the east coast of the island nation within the Indian Ocean, which was hardest hit. "At the moment, the first evaluations made are very alarming. We are talking about nine out of 10 homes damaged by the cyclone, especially around Mananjary," stated Martin Marin, logistics…

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday called for elections to be held in Libya as soon as possible after the country found itself with two competing prime ministers, which raises the specter of renewed violence. The Secretary-General reminded "all institutions of the primary objective of holding national elections as soon as possible", in a statement saying that he "notes" the name of the Libyan Parliament on a new Prime Minister. The UN chief's statement did not name either Libya's interim prime…

Türkiye Scholarships, Turkey's immensely popular scholarship program for international students, have attracted the attention of Somali youths who plan to take advantage of their country's strengthening ties with Turkey. Since Turkey and Somalia revived their ties with a landmark visit in 2011 by then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, thousands of Somalis have benefited from the Türkiye Scholarships program and realized their dream of graduating. More than 10 years later, a large number of Somali…

The United Nations has said it still recognizes Libya's interim prime minister, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, after the eastern parliament in the war-torn country on Thursday appointed a former interior minister. Dbeibah escaped unharmed from an assassination attempt early on Thursday in the capital Tripoli. "We have seen press reports about the assassination, but we have not received any confirmation," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, told a news conference. Dujarric…

In the wake of last month's coup, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, head of Burkina Faso's junta, has been named president of the country's highest constitutional body, legal sources reported on Thursday. They said the Constitutional Council on Wednesday stated that "Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Lieutenant Colonel in the National Armed Forces, President of the Patriotic Movement for Preservation and Restoration (the junta's official name), is the President" of Burkina Faso. Damiba is also the head of state…

On Thursday, the eastern parliament in war-torn Libya appointed a former interior minister as prime minister, a serious challenge for the administration of interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. "The House of Representatives unanimously approved Fathi Bashagha to lead the government," Parliamentary spokesman Abdullah Bliheg said in a tweet. The move threatens to trigger a new power struggle between the eastern-based assembly and the Dbeibah administration based in Tripoli, in western Libya. The…

Reduced water resources are becoming an imminent cause of conflict in the regions of the world hardest hit by climate change. The East African country of Tanzania is grappling with clashes between farmers and herders, who have often killed each other in the hunt for grazing land and shrinking water resources. In the midst of rising population growth and the worsening effects of climate change, the country's natural resources have come under increasing strain, which has put enormous pressure on land,…