Mauritania: A Calm corner in the Sahel
While much of the Sahel grapples with coups and insurgencies, Mauritania has emerged as a example of relative stability. Mali,
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan on Tuesday called on Libya and other nations to help arrest six men allegedly tied to a militia accused of killings and crimes in a key western town where mass graves were uncovered in 2020.
Addressing the U.N. Security Council, Khan pledged to collaborate with Libya and ICC member and non-member states to facilitate the arrests. The ICC, lacking its own police force, depends on cooperation from its 124 member states.
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