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The United Nations on Wednesday condemned a suspected "targeted mortar attack" in southern Libya that it said killed a child and wounded 29 people. The reported attack in the Sebha region, some 650 kilometres (400 miles) south of the capital Tripoli, took place on...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for all foreign troops and mercenaries to leave war-torn Libya  during a meeting with the country newly appointed leader Tuesday, his spokesman said. Guterres "spoke separately with the  President of the...

Macron says France to “decapitate” Al-Qaeda in the Sahel France will intensify its efforts to help "decapitate" Qaeda-linked groups in the Sahel, President Emmanuel Macron told regional leaders via video conference on Tuesday, according to AFP. Macron said the efforts...

Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll.  Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the...