Libya

Libya: UN Envoy explores with Haftar roadmap to resolve political stalemate

UN envoy Hanna Serwaa Tetteh met Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi on Sunday, September 7, to deliberate on a roadmap aimed at ending Libya’s protracted political crisis. Their talks focused on a UN proposal, presented to the Security Council last month, which calls for the establishment of a unified interim Government to oversee […]

ECOWAS activates 5,000-strong counterterrorism force amid Sahel’s rising insecurity

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 5,000-member counterterrorism force in response to the escalating security crisis in the Sahel and wider West Africa. Announced during the 43rd meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff in Abuja, this force is designed to confront the growing influence of jihadist […]

Egypt and Morocco discuss regional affairs

Morocco’s Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar, was in Cairo during the weekend to deliver a letter from the King to President Al-Sisi. He also met his Egyptian homologue, Sameh Shoukry, to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. When Al-Sisi was elected as president, Morocco’s King Mohammed described him as someone possessing the qualities […]