Senegalese President macky sall awarded MEDays Prize nov 2019

Libyan Presidency Council forms committees to tackle security, human rights amid rising tensions

The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed over the week-end the Libyan Presidency Council’s recent decision to establish two Committees aimed at addressing escalating security issues and human rights violations following violent clashes in Tripoli. One committee is tasked with enhancing security and military arrangements to clear armed groups from the capital, enabling […]

Maghreb-Sahel: Exodus of IS Fighters from Conflict Zones, UN Warns

The United Nations warned Maghreb and Sahel countries of the relocation of Islamic State fighters fleeing defeats in Iraq, Syria and Libya. “There are great risks that these jihadists join sleeping cells of al Qaida, and settle in the Maghreb and in the Sahel,” the UN said in a report. Moroccan Arabic media Akhbar Al […]

Spanish Boat “Opens Arms” Rescues 87 Migrants Off Libyan Coast

Spanish boat “Open Arms” has rescued 87 African migrants off Libyan coast after their inflatable raft was found floating with a broken motor in the open sea. The NGO ship docked in Thursday in the southern port of Algeciras after Italy refused to take the African migrants nearly all from Sudan. The migrant-rescue boat, which […]