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Africa News of Thursday, 30 January 2020

Source: bbc.com

Macron accuses Turkey of meddling in Libya

French President, Emmanuel Macron French President, Emmanuel Macron

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has accused his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of breaking a promise to stay out of the conflict in Libya.

Mr Macron said Turkish ships had recently taken Syrian mercenaries there.

He said this breached a commitment President Erdogan gave earlier this month, when Turkey, France, Russia, Egypt and other countries agreed not to meddle in Libya.

The Turks are allied with the country's UN-backed government.

France is among those states seen as supporting the government's rival, the rebel General, Khalifa Haftar.