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Tunisia is confident that trade at the main border crossing with Libya will resume “very soon”, local authorities said, nearly a week after the Libyan side imposed a blockade. “This problem will be resolved very soon,” Tahar Matmati, the governor of Medenine, which lies on the principle route between Tunisia …

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg underlined Wednesday that the 28-member Alliance stands ready to help and assist the new Libyan government. “I spoke with the new Prime Minister just a couple of weeks ago. And we have a very clear mandate from our Heads of State and Government that NATO …

Algerian Minister of Maghreb and AU Affairs Abdul Gader Msaahel and his Tunisian counterpart Khamis Al Jheinawi have discussed developments in Libya. The Ministers said their viewpoints were identical on the need for supporting the political track to restore peace and stability in Libya. The meeting also dealt with the …

Algeria, Egypt and Italy on Sunday called for a political solution in Libya, on the eve of UN-mediated talks aimed at forming a unity government in the war-torn country. Libya plunged into chaos after a 2011 Nato-backed uprising toppled and killed veteran dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with heavily armed former rebels …

French President Francois Hollande heads to Algeria on Monday as the two nations, once bitter foes, work ever closer to resolve the political turmoil and jihadist threat in Mali and Libya. The trip will be Hollande’s second to Algiers since a 2012 visit during which he recognised France’s century of …

A militant leader who joined the Islamic State jihadist group was killed in an army operation west of the Algerian capital, a security source said on Monday. Mouloud Baal, also known as Abou El Moundhir, was a former member of the extremist Armed Islamic Front (GIA) which battled the Algiers …

French President François Hollande asserted “his support and solidarity” with Tunisia after the terrorist attack, Monday, in Ben Guerdane, causing deaths among civilians, security and military forces. “The French President stands beside Tunisia which has once more been targeted for being a symbol,” according to a statement posted on the …

Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el-Arabi has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Ben Guerdane, affirming the Arab organisation’s full support to the government and people of Tunisia in their fight against terrorism.

Algeria and Tunisia are closely cooperating in the fight against terrorism, Algeria’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. “Algeria has always been in the front line of the fight against terrorism with the determined joint security forces,” foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra told reporters following Monday’s terrorist attacks hitting southern Tunisia, near …

he African Union will send a mission to northern Mali in the next few weeks to look into setting up a counter-terrorism force to support vulnerable UN peacekeepers, sources familiar with the matter said. The Bamako government, as well as some officials of the UN force in Mali, MINUSMA, have …