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Rome, June 12, 2020 (By Ljubomir Milasin) - Italy has given a green light to the sale of two warships to Egypt, news media reported on Friday, despite tense relations between the two countries over the unresolved 2016 murder of an Italian student in Cairo. The $1.2...

There has been an outbreak deep in the desert south, with dozens of cases appearing in the south's largest oasis city Sebha. The GNA has reported 393 coronavirus infections and five deaths nationwide, around half of them in and around Sebha. But that only accounts for...

Tripoli, June 11, 2020 - The United Nations voiced "horror" after reports that eight mass graves had been discovered in an area recently seized by the unity government after forces loyal to eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar withdrew. UNSMIL notes with horror reports on...

Three leaders have been left dominating the jihadist insurgency in the Sahel, following the death of a top al-Qaeda commander in the West African state of Mali this week (see below). French forces killed Algerian national Abdelmalek Droukdel, the head of al-Qaeda in...