New York – South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is catastrophic and continues to worsen as warring sides are “dragging their feet” in implementing a peace deal, the UN peacekeeping chief said Wednesday. Herve Ladsous said “tens of thousands of people have died, we’ve lost count” and some two million have been …

Cairo – Algeria, Egypt and Italy on Sunday called for a political solution in Libya, on the eve of UN-mediated talks aimed at forming a unity government in the war-torn country. Libya plunged into chaos after a 2011 Nato-backed uprising toppled and killed veteran dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with heavily armed …

Libya’s internationally recognised government denied last Thursday reports that French special forces had been fighting the Islamic State group in the troubled country, after the rival administration in Tripoli confirmed them. The recognised government “didn’t allow and won’t allow any foreign forces to enter Libyan territories”, spokesperson Hatem el-Ouraybi told …