Africa

International business leaders will meet for two days in Istanbul starting Nov. 2 at the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum, which highlights Turkey's strategy to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations with countries in Africa.

Greece is planning to normalize ties with Libya and to reopen its embassy in the war-torn country, according to diplomatic sources.

The embassy was shut down in late July, 2014, at the height of Libya's civil conflict.

To this effect, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Tripoli on November 29.

The Libyan navy said Oct. 27 that almost 100 migrants were missing after their Europe-bound boat sank off the country's coast, while 29 others were rescued.

"According to information received on the afternoon of Oct. 26, 29 illegal immigrants of African nationalities have been rescued," General Ayoub Qassem, a navy spokesman in Tripoli, told AFP.

A Turkish entrepreneur has established an official betting system particularly for camel and horse races and sporting competitions in Ghana, with his company reaching 100,000 people on a monthly basis and creating 2,000 jobs. 

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday received Namibian Deputy PM and FM Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who said her country would continue to back a peaceful resolution of the Kosovo issue through dialogue.

Nikolic noted the friendship between Serbia and Namibia should be strengthened further through cooperation in other areas, in particular in the economy.

France's Interior Ministry has announced that the closure of the camp in Calais and the transfer of migrants will start on Monday.

Illegal migrants have been given 72 hours to leave the camp voluntarily.

Announcements to that effect were posted in 9 languages in the camp, known as the "Jungle".

BELGRADE - Five years ago, strongman Muammar Gaddafi, who had balanced Libyan factions to preserve stability, was hunted down and brutally killed by NATO-backed rebels, but ousting him has resulted in chaos and perpetual bloodshed rather than freedom and prosperity.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (c) shakes hands with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (r) and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (l), following their joint media conference in Cairo, Tuesday. This was the fourth trilateral summit by Egyptian, Greek and Cypriot leaders with talks focusing on cooperation in the fields of energy, agriculture and tourism.

BELGRADE - Moscow is reportedly negotiating with Cairo on a possible lease of land to open an airbase in western Egypt. The base may be operational as soon as 2019, according to military and diplomatic sources cited by Izvestia daily.

All witnesses in the case against Ahmed Musa Ahmed and his 13 supporters who were questioned on Thursday by the Pazardzhik District Court have withdrawn their statements, reported BNR.

The witnesses were mostly from the Iztok Roma neighbourhood. All of them stated that, during their initial statements, they were confused or misunderstood.