Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, held an important meeting on the sidelines of the meeting of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.

Speakers of the delegation of the Moroccan Party of Progress and Socialism currently visiting Mauritania and leaders of the Mauritanian Sawab party have been loud in condemnation of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Minister Sergey Lavrov will conduct a working visit to Tunisia on December 20 and 21, 2023, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar.

“South African” newspaper The South African reported that the South African hostage, Jerko van Deventer, 48, who was kidnapped by jihadists in Libya in November 2017 and then transferred to Mali, was released after being held for six years.

The US Special Envoy for Libya, Richard Norland, and the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy, Per Nadt, discussed with Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi the strengthening of the work of the UN envoy to Libya, Abdullah Batelli.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, has called on Sudan’s warring parties to cease fighting, expressing grave concern over the deteriorating security situation in the country.

Four French citizens with diplomatic passports were arrested by authorities in Burkina Faso on suspicion of espionage.

Former mayor of Tajoura Houcine Benatia said that if elections are not held, the only alternative is continued chaos, looting and the loss of a new generation that will avenge itself.

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was sworn in before the National Assembly, Kuwaiti state television reported.

The Libyan-Russian Communication Committee of the State Council held its first meeting under the chairmanship of First Vice President Massoud Obaid at the Council’s headquarters in Tripoli.

Yemen’s Houthi group has announced that the coalition formed by the United States against it will not stop the group’s operations against ships bound for Israel in the Red Sea.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in the Sixth Russian-Arab Forum for Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation between Russia and Arab States, held in Marrakech, Morocco.

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler announced that his country continues to train the armed forces in western Libya since the start of its presence in the country in early 2020.

The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources in Egypt announced the end of the fourth and final meeting of the Renaissance Dam negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, which was held in Addis Ababa, without achieving any results.

Cairo has announced that it has no plans to participate in new alliances to protect navigation in the Red Sea, referring to the multinational force announced by Washington.

Zain said that the visit of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus Bek Yevkirov to Niger in early December came within the framework of reviving cooperation between the two countries.

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdullah Batili, stressed that Libyan leaders are responsible for finding a way out of the crisis in their country or exposing it to further stumbling and postponing the holding of elections.

Russia’s representative to the Security Council, Dmitry Polyansky, stressed that a lasting solution to the crisis in Libya requires a unified government, stressing the importance of holding general elections to achieve this.

Sudan’s Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of four Chadian diplomats in response to a similar move by Chad.

Sudan’s Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Daw al-Bayt Abdul Rahman Mansour, stressed on Monday his country’s desire to reach a final agreement with Ethiopia and Egypt on the rules for filling and operating the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in a way that preserves the rights and interests of the three countries.