Libya’s interior minister rejects migrant resettlement, calls for EU support
Libya's Interior Minister Emad Al-Trabelsi has warned that the country is struggling with an estimated 4 million illegal
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia were due to hold a three-way summit, according to AFP, in Asmara on Thursday against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the Horn of Africa region. Concerns about security and stability in the volatile area have mounted since Ethiopia in January signed a controversial deal with the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland, giving it long-sought access to the sea.
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