Libya

At least 29 African migrants die when two boats sink off Tunisia

Tunisia has taken over from Libya as a main departure point for people fleeing poverty and conflict in Africa and the Middle East in the hope of a better life in Europe

IAEA confirms almost all missing uranium in Libya now accounted for

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) informed member states in a similar confidential statement on March 15 first reported by Reuters that 10 drums containing the UOC had gone missing from a Libyan site not under government control

US accuses Tunisia president of weakening democracy

Saied seized most powers in 2021, shutting down parliament before passing a new constitution that gives himself near total sway, and police have this year arrested more than a dozen opposition figures who accuse him of a coup

Chad sentences hundreds rebels to life imprisonment over ex-president’s death

The trial of 465 members of the Libyan-based Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) rebel group started on February 13 in Chad's capital N'Djamena

Missing uranium in Libya recovered 5 km away from original site

General Khaled al-Mahjoub, commander of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar's communications division, said on his Facebook page that the containers of uranium had been recovered 'barely five kilometres' from where they had been stored in the Sabha area of southern Libya

Explained: MQ-9 Reaper downed over Black Sea and other instances of US drones being attacked

The MQ-9 drone is a large unmanned aircraft remotely operated by a two-man team. It was given the ‘Reaper’ moniker by the US Air Force and the Royal Air Force. Primarily used to gather intelligence, it can also conduct precision strikes on high-value targets

Italy: 30 migrants missing, 17 rescued after boat capsizes in Mediterranean

The latest disaster in the Mediterranean comes exactly two weeks after a shipwreck off Italy's southern coast of Calabria that killed at least 76 migrants, with bodies continuing to wash ashore nearly daily

Split Libya pushes back against UN plan for elections

Libya has seen more than a decade of stop-start conflict since the 2011 revolt that toppled strongman Moamer Kadhafi, with myriad rival militias, foreign powers and multiple governments vying for influence

Several children among at least 62 feared killed in Italy shipwreck

Local authorities said 80 people had survived the disaster, but that between 180 to 200 people were believed to have boarded the vessel when it left from Turkey, suggesting many more passengers may have perished or be missing

Russia-Ukraine war: How Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is ambitious yet extremely polarising

Prigozhin has emerged from the shadows since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago. In September, he finally acknowledged that he had founded Wagner, a group he says is spearheading operations in the east of the war-torn country