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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 […]

Mauritania increasingly worried about mounting terrorism in the Sahel

Mauritania is increasingly worried about the mounting terrorist threat in the Sahel that has become a safe heaven for organized crime and terrorism networks. Mauritania’s worries were recently expounded before the 67th session of the UN General Assembly by Mauritanian Foreign Minister Hamadi Ould Hamadi who warned that the Sahel region has become “a safe […]

UK: Security Shortfalls Led to Killing of 38 Holidaymakers in Sousse, British Court Official

British victims as well as the other victims of the June 2015 massacre of 38 holidaymakers at a summer resort, near Sousse could have been saved if security measures were taken, British coroner, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith has noted. Inquests to unveil causes of the death of the 30 British tourists in June 2015 have revealed […]