Libya: Pressure mounts on rival parties as October 20 deadline looms

Pressure on rival Libyan political protagonists to endorse the UN-proposed government is increasingly upping with the international community and UN Security Council pushing hard, despite strong division within camps, to back Leon’s proposed government. On Sunday a number of countries, friends of Libya, called on the political protagonists to swiftly back and implement the UN […]

Passenger Planes Could be Downed by Hezbollah-Supplied Missiles to Polisario

The missiles supplied by Iran through its proxy Hezbollah to the Polisario separatists could take down commercial aircraft, military expert Dore Gold said. “Morocco now has documentation of arms deliveries that were made by Hezbollah to the Polisario. These included SAM-9 and SAM-11 surface-to-air missiles, and not just the older-generation SAM-7 (Strela) missiles that have […]

Sub-Saharan Africa to fall into recession in 2020—World Bank

The World Bank has warned that the rapidlyspreading coronavirus outbreak is expected to push sub-Saharan Africa into recession in 2020 for the first time in 25 years. The International lender’s Africa’s Pulse report released on Tuesday said the region’s economy will contract 2.1% to 5.1% from growth of 2.4% last year, and that the coronavirus […]