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Macron says Erdogan failing to 'keep his word' on Libya

French President Emmanuel Macron accused his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of failing "to keep his word", given with other world leaders, to end foreign meddling in Libya. "We have seen in recent days Turkish ships accompanying Syrian mercenaries arriving on Libyan soil," Macron...

Sudan suspects two infections with the new coronavirus

Sudan suspects that two of its citizens who returned to the country from China are infected with the new coronavirus, the information minister told Reuters. One of the pair, a man and a woman, had been in the region of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, Said Faisal...

Libya: Haftar forces shell school, 2 children killed

At least two children were killed and two others injured on Tuesday when forces loyal to renegade commander Khalifa Haftar targeted a school compound in the capital Tripoli, according to the UN-recognized government. The wounded children have sustained threatening injuries, said a statement...

Libyan warlord Haftar is 'mercenary’: Turkish president

Turkey’s president on Tuesday said Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has no official recognition either in the war-weary country or the international community. "Haftar is a mercenary, a paid soldier," Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference in Senegal with his counterpart Macky Sall,...