Tunisia
Tunisia’s top union on collision course with President
Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) has called a nationwide protest for 21 August, accusing President Kais Saied’s
The UK is set to seek UN Security Council support to demand an end to Sudan’s conflict and ensure humanitarian aid delivery, the foreign ministry has announced. As council president, Foreign Secretary David Lammy will lead a vote on a UK-Sierra Leone resolution urging civilian protection in Sudan. “The UK will never let Sudan be forgotten,” Lammy is set to say, while pledging to double UK aid for Sudan to $285 million.
Read next
Libya
Libya holds rare local elections amid division, security Concerns
Libya holds municipal elections on Saturday, a rare democratic test in a fractured nation, though key eastern cities boycott. The
Morocco
International drug ring dismantled by joint Morocco, Spain, UK, US & Portugal operation
A joint Morocco, Spain, Portugal, UK & US operation, led by Spain’s Civil Guard and the Customs Surveillance Service,
Libya
Satellite images reveal Sudanese militia base in Libya
The UK-based Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) has uncovered a hidden base used by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Opinion
Broken by design: Libya’s profitable dysfunction
The country is richer than it was. No thanks to its leaders — or their foreign backers. Fourteen years after Muammar