Libya reports 76 drownings in two months as rescue services struggle with severe shortages

Libya has recorded 76 drowning incidents between June 8 and August 6, including 55 Libyan nationals, amid critical shortages in maritime rescue resources. Misbah Al-Ghazewi, Head of the Maritime Rescue Room, told local outlet Fawasel that vast stretches of coastline—particularly between Tajoura and Al-Qarabolli—are without any rescue presence, while the Tripoli unit lacks even basic […]

Tunisia Extends State of Emergency until February 21

Tunisian authorities have extended the state of emergency until February 21 as the threat of terrorism in the country remains high in the North African country. Following the beach terror attacks perpetrated last July in Sousse killing 38 foreign tourists, including 30 Britons, Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi declared a 30-day state of emergency. Five […]

Mali: Ukrainian intel claims role in deadly ambush of Malian forces, Wagner mercenaries

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (GUR) has claimed it had provided the Tuareg separatist rebels with information that facilitated the devastating attack on Malian government troops and their allied mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group, now called Africa Corps. Mali’s military has acknowledged, in a rare admission of a defeat, that it had suffered a “large number” […]