Turkish consulate in the Libyan city of Misrata closed after a grenade attack on Monday morning, according to a security source. “A man wearing civilian clothes was followed by the consulate of surveillance cameras in downtown Misrata. He tried to cross the external walls of the consulate, but failed. Then …

Led by the US, fifty countries have promised Monday to provide additional 40,000 peacekeepers, when the UN peacekeeping missions are overstretched and vulnerable. US President Barack Obama had convened on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York summit on ways to strengthen the 16 UN missions around …

Nigeria was warned Tuesday that violence could resume in the southern oil producer, exacerbating the strain on resources already stretched by Boko Haram in the north, and reduced gross income. The International Crisis Group said that the root causes of the insurgency in the Niger Delta remain strategic “largely neglected” …