The United Nations on Wednesday said it was "deeply concerned" over a Libyan activist's recent abduction and called on authorities to "secure his safe and immediate release".
Reports on Monday said political activist Al-Moatassim Al-Areebi was
abducted by an unknown armed group in Misrata, about 190 kilometres (120
miles) east of the capital Tripoli.
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) "is deeply concerned by reports of
another abduction, this time in Misrata", said the statement.
Speaking on the sidelines of the 23rd Islamic Financial Stability Forum, held this week in Rabat, Ghiath Shabsigh, Sec-Gen of
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have formed the Alliance of Agricultural Seed Producers of the Sahel (APSA-Sahel) to reduce reliance
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have advanced into the strategic “triangle” border area with Libya and Egypt, heightening regional
This week the British Government announced that it would not support a plan by the X-Links Morocco-UK Power Project to
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