The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Omran Al-Qaib, received at his office in the ministry’s office in Tripoli on Wednesday, Russian Ambassador to Libya Haidar Aganin, and the two sides discussed cultural and scientific cooperation between the two countries.

Ivory Coast continued their impressive run at the Africa Cup of Nations on home soil, progressing to the final, after beating DR Congo by an unanswered goal in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

Qatar qualified for the final of the AFC Asian Cup on home soil by defeating Iran 3-2 in Wednesday’s semi-final match.

The government mandated by the Libyan House of Representatives declared a state of extreme emergency in the western city of Zliten due to the high groundwater level on the ground.

The US Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, praised the convening of a meeting of the African Union High Committee on Libya to support the political process, with the participation of President of the Presidential Council Mohamed Menfi and other regional leaders.

Spanish farmers joined the widespread protests sweeping Europe, and tractors lined up on highways in cities.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, discussed in Doha with the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and develop them.

Eighteen people, including eight security personnel, were killed in armed attacks in western South Sudan, as announced by the acting governor of the Western Bahr el Ghazal state to the French Press Agency.

The “SOS Mediterranean” organization announced that one of its ships rescued 110 individuals off the coast of Libya. They were aboard an overcrowded rubber boat, including more than thirty minors.

The Department for Combating Illegal Migration in Libya (DCIM), in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday (February 6th) deported 133 Chadians after being identified by the Chadian embassy and issued travel documents to facilitate their return to their country.

Ukrainian special forces have reportedly been deployed in Sudan, fighting to support the Sudanese army against forces fighting alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to the British newspaper The Guardian.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the process of normalizing relations between Turkey and Egypt has been largely completed, noting that the two sides have benefited from this and that the two countries have historical relations.

More than 25 million people, including 14 million children, are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan due to the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), UN experts say.

Hassan Sentisi Idrissi, president of the Moroccan Exporters Association, said that the mutual recognition between Russia and Morocco of the mark on halal products could create new horizons for Moroccan exporters and open new markets for Russian products and products of Islamic countries in Africa and the Arab world associated with Morocco.