Tag: U.N

Libya: ISIS eyeing Sirte as new global base, U.N report

December 2, 2015

A U.N monitoring group released a report on the situation in Libya warning that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is focusing its ... Read More

Lebanon: At least 41 dead in IS Beirut attack

November 13, 2015

The death toll of the twin bomb attack on Thursday in Beirut claimed by the Islamic State group increased to 41 with more than 200 ... Read More

Libya: U.N sets 20 October as deadline for agreement

October 4, 2015

A meeting at the U.N that was expected to mark a peace agreement between the two Libyan rival governments turned out to be another occasion ... Read More

Algeria calls for security partnership with Chad and Niger

September 7, 2015

The foreign ministers of Algeria, Chad and Niger met in Algiers on Sunday to discuss the security challenges facing the Sahel region with emphasis on ... Read More

Libya: Seal agreement before HoR’s mandate ends, Leon tells delegates

August 12, 2015

After failing to reach an agreement on several occasions, the latest deadline announced by U.N’s special envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, has been termed as ... Read More

Mauritania hosting President Bashir despite international arrest warrant

July 27, 2015

The one-day 4th Summit of the Pan-African Agency for the Great Green Belt held in Mauritania this Monday with the participation of several African Heads ... Read More

Libya: Disagreement on few points persists, but UN Envoy upbeat

June 30, 2015

Another round of talks in Morocco has ended between Libya’s two rival governments with the U.N special envoy telling reporters he is optimistic that a ... Read More

Libya: Tripoli bombs IS in Sirte

June 23, 2015

The Tripoli-based government has targeted militants of the Islamic State group in Sirte in airstrikes and eyewitnesses have stated that the militants were hit. Defense ... Read More

Turkey: Morsi is still president democratically not Sisi, Erdoğan

May 21, 2015

President Erdoğan has stated that Egyptian death row prisoner Mohammed Morsi is still the president of Egypt as far as he is concerned. The Turkish ... Read More

Libya: Countries should not undermine our authority, Tobruk government warns

May 14, 2015

The Tobruk based government has sounded what could be seen as a warning to European countries that are planning to fight against illegal migration through ... Read More