Libya, Mauritania Set Up Technical Committee to Reactivate Bilateral Agreements

Libya and Mauritania have agreed to establish a technical Committee to review and reactivate bilateral agreements between the two countries, following talks held in Tripoli. The decision was reached during a meeting between Libya’s Acting Foreign Minister Taher Al-Baour and Mauritania’s Ambassador to Libya, Sidi Yahya Lemrabott. According to Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

US counter-terrorism official raises alarm about jihadist expansion in Africa

A senior US counterterrorism official has raised alarms about the increasing threat posed by global jihadist groups, warning that they are, for example, expanding their activities from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso into Benin and Togo, which had once had little exposure to jihadi threats. Speaking at a recent Washington conference, Sebastian Gorka noted that […]

EU IRINI discovers cargo ship breaching UN arm embargo on Libya

IRINI, the European Union (EU) naval operation tasked to reinforce the UN arm embargo on Libya, has arrested a ship bound to Libya transporting vehicles intended for military use, reports say. The action took place July 18 when the vessel identified as MV VICTORY RORO, flying the flag of Equatorial Guinea entered IRINI’s search zone […]