African mediators get Sudan’s transitional political players back to the negotiating table
African editors have got the military junta and civilian protestors back around the negotiating table in Sudan. The resumption of talks is a positive developments since the massacre of demonstrators a month ago and further killing by soldiers bringing the death toll to at least 1 The mediators from the African Union backed by […]
UN Security Council fails to agree on declaration condemning air strike on migrants in Libya
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has failed to agree on a response to the air strike that killed at least 47 migrants detained in Libya . UN envoy Ghassan Salame says the attack that wounded more than 80 people could constitute a war crime. Britain moved to condemn the air strike […]
Death toll rises from air strike on migrants being held in Libya
The death toll from the airstrike on a migrant detention centre in Libya has risen to 53. Six children are among the victims of the bombing of a hanger housing the migrants on the outskirts of Tripoli. As more details follow the international condemnation of the air strike on migrants being held in Libya, it […]
Air strike on migrants in Libya clearly might be a war crime
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council has followed the air strike that killed at least 47 migrants detained in Libya . UN envoy Ghassan Salame says the attack that wounded more than 80 people could constitute a war crime. Warlord Khalifa Haftar’s self styled Libyan National Army, that threatened to increase air […]