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Libyan factions sign countrywide U.N.-brokered cease-fire Updated on: October 23, 2020 / 12:13 PM / CBS/AP Rival parties in Libya sign cease-fire deal The rival sides in Libyas conflict signed a permanent cease-fire Friday, a deal the United Nations billed as historic after years of fighting that has split the North African country in two. But skepticism over whether the agreement would hold began emerging almost immediately. The breakthrough, which among other things orders foreign m...

By Sami Zaptia. London, 16 January 2021: The Central Committee for Municipal Council Elections (CCMCE) announced the rerun of local elections amid unconfirmed claims of serious fraud and interference by armed groups. Today, Sabrata and Tajura hold local elections. In its announcement on Thursday, all the CCMCE said was that there would be a re-election in two polling stations in Swani ‘‘because the electoral process does not match the correct procedures. The repetition will take place on S...

REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Lower refinery runs in Africa Refinery runs in Africa are expected to decline in January, partly on limited demand recovery and partly on extended outages in South Africa, according to S&P Global Platts Analytics. The Engen refinery in Durban — the second largest in the country — was shut following a fire and explosion on Dec. 4, while the Cape Town refinery has been closed since July. Engen has previously said it was “considering several options” for the refinery...

Wanted by Interpol: 2 arrested over human trafficking Artwork: Dibarah Mahboob Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent Two Bangladeshis wanted by Interpol on human trafficking charges were arrested by law enforcers in Bangladesh and Italy on Thursday, said investigators. Jafor Ikbal, 38, of Kishoreganj, and Shahadat Hossain, 28, of Dhaka, stand accused in a human trafficking case filed in connection with the killings of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya last y...

English Situation Report on Libya about Food and Nutrition, Health, Epidemic and more; published on 15 Jan 2021 by UNHCR

Free French forces under General Jacques Leclerc upheld the honor of France during World War II. Heres What You Need to Know: After the humiliating fall of France in June 1940, two impassioned patriots—a general and an infantry captain—refused to accept defeat and determined, against all odds, to exact retribution from the German invaders. The two were Brig. Gen. Charles de Gaulle, an armored warfare visionary of the 1930s who had tried without success to upgrade his country’s defenses, ...

Response to "What is Progressive Realism" ["But the article was essentially about describing the differences between schools of thought while obviously giving evidence the author thought supported a different school than has predominated and was making a case for trying something different"] Robert Wright in the 2nd paragraph makes "realist" a synonym for Kissinger's cynical

2021-01-11 22:35:54 GMT2021-01-12 06:35:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English TRIPOLI, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Libyan authorities recovered four unidentified bodies two days ago from a newly discovered mass grave in the city of Tarhuna, Abdulaziz Jafri, spokesman of the General Authority for Research and Identification, told Xinhua. Tarhuna, located some 90 km south of the capital Tripoli, was once the eastern-based armys main military operation center during the war against the UN-backed governme...

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