177 migrants evacuated from Libya to Niger

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has evacuated 177 asylum-seekers to Niger, the second evacuation flight to Niger this year since Libyan authorities lifted a blanket ban on humanitarian flights in October. This…

Bahrain appoints 1st ambassador to Damascus in a Decade

ahrain has appointed its first ambassador to Syria in a decade after it downgraded diplomatic ties with Damascus in 2012.According to the official Bahrain News Agency, King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa issued a royal decree on Thursday,…

Libya reports first community exposure to Omicron

The National Center for Disease Control has confirmed the country's first two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. In a statement Wednesday, the NCDC called on citizens to get vaccinated, avoid gatherings, and wear masks to…

Report: 3.1 million of Somalis will need food aid in 2022

Over 2,000 more internally displaced people have arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu in the last two days fleeing from the deadly drought battering the Horn of Africa country, the UN humanitarian cooperation agency said Wednesday.…

UK sets record for new daily Covid cases

Britain reported 183,037 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, setting a new record for daily infections.The new additions brought the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to over 12.5 million, while the death toll rose…