A group of officers, supported by the Americans, from General Abdourahamane Tchiani’s inner circle, but questioning his authority, intend to facilitate the intervention of ECOWAS. Their objective is to legitimately bring themselves to power and thus put an end to any solution for the return of President Mohamed Bazoum to the helm of Niger.
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The inability of the new military authorities to govern Niger is plunging the entire Sahel region into serious economic difficulties. The consequences of this general impoverishment are worsening the already fragile security situation in southern Libya and forcing the NLA to reinforce Libyan sovereignty there.
A total of 151 Bangladeshi nationals, who were detained in Libya, were brought back home on Tuesday, according to multiple press reports
The Deputy President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdullah al-Lafi, discussed with the French ambassador to Libya, Mustafa Maharaj, ways to create a suitable environment for holding free and transparent elections.
UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, met on Monday with the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi, according to Bathily.
The new European Ambassador to Libya will be announced at the appropriate time after a final decision has been made, said the spokesman of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Peter Stano, during the daily press conference in Brussels today.
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Sunday said that the country’s daily oil production is currently 1.204 million barrels.
The Government of National Unity, led by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has approved appointing Italy’s Special Envoy to Libya Nicola Orlando as the European Union’s ambassador to the country, Italian news agency Nova reports.
Libya’s High Council of State has called on the Attorney-General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour to publicly release the results of his office’s investigation into the meeting between Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush and her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s announcement of Eli Cohen’s meeting with his Libyan counterpart Najla Mangoush, which sparked rioting in Tripoli and the removal of Mangoush from her post, was “not helpful” and “an exception to the rule” of covert contacts, and the Israeli government would ensure it wouldn’t be repeated.