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U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario Front as a potential solution to the nearly five-decade-long conflict. This dispute, dating back to…

Protesters took to the streets in Port Sudan. Some gathered in front of the hotel hosting Volker Perthes, the UN' representative in the country, asking him to leave. Deadly fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary group…

Ethiopia received an envoy for Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah Burhan to discuss the ongoing conflict amid reports of continuing violence in Khartoum. The special envoy said that the Sudanese government would soon put an end to the…

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has called for the rival administrations in the country to reach an agreement by mid-June and hold long-delayed elections by the end of the year. Libya remains split between a nominally interim…

An influential Libyan official said that the United Nations' special envoy should meet with the joint electoral committee made up of rival Libyan factions, to start constitutional arrangements for elections. Aguila Saleh, the influential…

The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) mission left Bamako after inconclusive talks with the military junta over restoring civilian rule. During the course of the mission, mediator Goodluck Jonathan was unable to reach an…

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The outgoing IMF country chief for Tunisia says that the economy of the north African state needs "deep reforms" such as drastically reducing its vast public wage bill. Approaching the end of his three-year term, Jerome Vacher added that…

The Norwegian ambassador, a member of the Troika on Sudan, denounced an "intolerable" repression of anti-putsch in a country where, Therese Loken Gheziel said, the world had "great hopes", which were dashed by a coup d'état "which took us…

A senior UN official Volker Perthes, has discussed mediation options and possible next steps for Sudan with its ousted prime minister on Sunday, a day after hundreds of thousands of protesters hit the streets to demand an end to military…