Africa

The developments point to escalating tensions between the two sides’ powerful militias, which some fear could culminate in military confrontation.

US military’s Africa Command says satellite image indicates Moscow’s Ministry of Defence is ‘supporting’ Russian paramilitary contractor

The United States military’s Africa Command (Africom) said new evidence gathered in Libya points to Russia’s continued involvement in the conflict via a paramilitary contractor known as the Wagner Group.

The Intelligence and Information Unit of the Operations Command of the Libyan Army has detected columns of armed forces moving towards Al-Jufra district from the east, said the Libyan Army Spokesman, Colonel Mohammad Gununu, confirming that the forces are stationing in three schools in Hun town.

US embassy urges cooperation to provide good governance to Libyan people.

The United States on Saturday expressed appreciation to its close partnership with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and his Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha.

Fathi Bashagha, the suspended interior minister of Libya’s Government of National Accord, has arrived in Tripoli after his recent visit to Turkey, according to Al Arabiya sources.

Between 22 May and 15 June 2015, King Mohammed VI travelled consecutively to Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon with a view to accelerating an African development and cooperation policy in which Morocco wished to position itself. By 2020, the palace aims to at least double its trade that showed a surplus of MAD 9.1 billion (about € 837 million) in 2012 [1]. But, of all the Moroccan initiatives to make this complete u-turn towards the South, it is the religious aspect of its diplomacy which appears to be the most important, the one in which Morocco has its best hand to play, in these times of rising jihadist violence south of the Sahara (Benkirane, 2016).

Tunisia has always publically refuted reports that it “promised” Europe to accept hosting on its soil refugees from different African countries, but the EU could seize the opportunity of a war in Libya to convince Tunisia to do so.

Aproape 90.000 de migranţi au ajuns în Italia numai în prima jumătate a acestui an, după ce au traversat Mediterana, pornind de pe malul libian. După anul 2011, respectiv după începutul Primăverii Arabe în Orientul Mijlociu şi Africa de Nord, cifrele care arată dimensiunea valului de migraţii către Europa fluctuează ameţitor de la an la an şi chiar de la lună la lună, de la câteva mii de oameni la sute de mii. Nu vorbim acum despre refugiaţii care vin din zonele afectate de aceste revoluţii, cum sunt sirienii, ci de migranţii din Africa care au profitat de haosul instalat după căderea dictatorului libian Muammar Gaddafi pentru a găsi o rută către Europa, în special cu destinaţia Italia, Spania, Malta.

The Libyan tribe Qadhadhfa yesterday called on all its members to withdraw immediately from the forces of renegade General Khalifa Haftar.

The popular movement rejecting the Libyan Presidency Council, headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, continues to expand to include most cities in western Libya. The movement threatens to evolve into a widespread social explosion amid a sharp escalation of the internal conflicts between the pillars of the Sarraj government, as the GNA’s prime minister is reportedly wary of an approaching coup by his rival, Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha.