Libyan PM escapes unhurt after gunmen fire at his car

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah escaped an assassination attempt Thursday (Feb. 10) according to media reports, amid intense factional wrangling for control of the North African country’s government. Shots were fired toward Dbeibah’s vehicle from another vehicle that managed to flee the scene, Reuters reported citing a source close to the interim leader. Exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera showed what appeared

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Three months in advance of planned national elections in Libya

Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs in Libya’s eastern-based parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk voted on Tuesday (Sept. 23) to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration of interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah,  parliamentary spokesman Abdullah Belhaiq said on Facebook. He did not give further details. The High Council of State, the parliament’s upper house in Tripoli, criticized the move, with its

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Moroccan tycoon Aziz Akhannouch’s party wins election

Morocco’s pro-business National Rally of Independents (RNI) party has won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections while the Justice and Development Party (PJD) that headed a ruling coalition for the past decade, suffered a crushing defeat. RNI, headed by billionnaire businessman Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament. Akhannouch, was minister for agriculture and fisheries during his time in

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Guinea military special forces stage coup

An unverified video showed Guinea’s long-serving President Alpha Condé, 83, surrounded by soldiers, who said they had seized power. They appeared on state television telling the nation they had dissolved the government and constitution and closed all land and air borders for a week. The elite army unit’s head, Mamady Doumbouya-a former French foreign legionnaire – said “poverty and endemic corruption” had

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Tunisian pres accused of coup after ousting govt

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Tunisia’s president Kais Saied suspended the parliament and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi on Sunday (July 25) in a move condemned as an attack on democracy by his opponents while his supporters flooded the capital and other cities to celebrate. Saied, 63, who has been enmeshed in political disputes with Mechichi for more than a year, said he would assume executive authority

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Madagascar President survives murder attempt

The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday (July 20), the country’s prosecutor general’s office said. “Several foreign and Madagascar nationals were arrested on Tuesday, July 20, as part of an investigation into an attack on state security,” Prosecutor General of the Court of Appeal of Antananarivo Berthine Razafiarivony, said in a statement to the Press. There was

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