A military helicopter that was part of the eastern Libya army force commanded by strongman Khalifa Hifter was shot down on Friday and contact has been lost with the crew members, an army spokesperson said. Faisal Ahbale told The Associated Press that the helicopter was struck in central Libya, where …

New militia groups, some “opportunists”, others “downright criminal”, have emerged in South Sudan since renewed violence erupted there last July, the head of an international ceasefire monitoring team said on Friday. Talking to the press in Nairobi, Festus Mogae, a former president of Botswana who leads the Joint Monitoring and …

The head of the Libyan Presidency Council Fayez Mustafa Al-Sarraj arrived in Ankara yesterday where he met with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to discuss counterterrorism, energy and economic development between Turkey and Libya as well as the political process under the Libyan Presidency Council. The Libyan leader expressed his sincere …