by Client Client | Apr 26, 2023 | International actors
On 26 April, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, spoke with the Government of National Unity’s Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush to express US support for ending the violence in Sudan and preventing further regional...
by Client Client | Apr 26, 2023 | Libyan actors
Overnight on 26 April and throughout 27 April, tensions flared once more in Zawiyya triggered by the release of a video showing Zawiyyan armed groups torturing prisoners, with additional outrage being evoked due to sub-Saharan Africans being involved carrying out the...
by Client Client | Apr 23, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 23 April, clashes broke out in the eastern part of Zawiyya between the First Support (Esnad) Battalion – led by Muhammed Bahroun (also known as ‘al-Far’, the ‘Mouse’) and affiliated to the Security Directorate of Zawiyya – and the Stability Support Apparatus...
by Client Client | Apr 20, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 20 April, Libya’s National Security Council (NSC) said that all foreign organisations operating in Libya must follow Libyan laws and complete the necessary registration procedures. It warned against development projects that could ‘have detrimental impacts on...
by Client Client | Apr 20, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 20 April, the spokesman for the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Ahmed al-Mismari, denied accusations that the LNA was supporting either side of the conflict in Sudan, dismissing the media reports as ‘cheap and corrupt’. He stated that the LNA was...
by Client Client | Apr 19, 2023 | International actors
On 19 April, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced its seizure of a strategic military base belonging to the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) near the Libyan border. In a video circulating on social media, SAF soldiers are seen seizing armoured vehicles,...
by Client Client | Apr 19, 2023 | International actors
On 19 April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Libyan National Army (LNA) Commander Khalifa Haftar had sent at least one shipment of ammunition from Libya to Sudan to support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo...
by Client Client | Apr 18, 2023 | International actors
On 18 April, UN Envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily briefed the UN Security Council on developments in Libya. He noted the significant symbolic value of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in the last few weeks and their pledges to secure elections, renounce...
by Client Client | Apr 17, 2023 | International actors
On 17 April, the Government of National Stability (GNS) expressed concerns over the situation in Khartoum as fierce clashes between Sudan’s army and paramilitary forces continued to escalate. In a statement by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International...
by Client Client | Apr 16, 2023 | International actors
On 16 April, a Tripoli court launched an investigation into administrative irregularities at Canadian security contractor Garda World, resulting in many of the company’s workforce reportedly leaving the country the following day.
