Regional, stakeholders give support to Libya’s interim leaders
“My appeal to everybody is to recognise and accept these results and to work with the new authorities that were elected,” said UN Chief Antonio Guterres.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres. (AFP)
TRIPOLI Regional and international stakeholders have expressed support to Libya s interim leaders who will govern the North African country till elections are held there later this year.
Meeting in Switzerland, the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, which includes 75 UN-picked delegates from across the country, appointed, Friday, Mohammad Younes Menfi, a Libyan diplomat from the country’s east, as chairman of the Presidential Council. The forum also chose Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah, a powerful businessman from the western city of Misrata, as prime minister.
2021-02-07 13:35:33 GMT2021-02-07 21:35:33(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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CAIRO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) On the top floor of a three-storey educational building for refugees in Egypt gathered a group of African women of different nationalities, where they drank Sudanese coffee and ate Eritrean and Somalian deserts, with fragrant incense and traditional music.
The building serves as the Future Generation Center for Education (FGCE) which was established by a Sudanese refugee family in 2017 to support their peers in Gaza Province s Barageel, a rural district that suffers from poor infrastructure and services. The center provides educational services and psychological support for the children of refugees and asylum seekers, said Maysoun Abdel-Salam, a 36-year-old Sudanese refugee who established the center with her husband.
Al Jazeera Arabic journalist spent more than four years in detention without formal charges or trial
Mahmoud Hussein s release comes less than three weeks after the inauguration of US President Joe Biden (AFP) By Published date: 6 February 2021 16:50 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago
Egyptian authorities released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein on Saturday, more than four years after he was detained on allegations of spreading false news and defaming Egypt s reputation, the Qatar-backed news network reported.
In a statement, Mostefa Souag, the acting director general of the network, said the release was a moment of truth and an inspiring milestone towards press freedom .
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