Seven soldiers were killed in an attack carried out by suspected Islamist militants in the “Benjari” National Park in northern Benin yesterday, Wednesday.

The British newspaper “The Guardian” said that the European Union intends to impose new sanctions on 6 Sudanese military figures due to the ongoing war between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) denied reports regarding the postponement of the next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled to be held next year in 2025 in Morocco.

Belkacem Haftar, Director General of the Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund and Executive Director of the Reconstruction Fund for Derna and the affected cities and regions, met with all security services in the city of Derna.

The Tunisia national team continued its perfect start in Group H of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, scheduled to be held in the United States of America, Canada and Mexico.

An Egyptian official said that for the first time in Egypt’s metro lines, a glass wall will be built at the stations of the fourth metro line.

Libyan photographer Muhammad Nasr Al-Jilani achieved second place in the largest photography competition held by the American company “Live Touch”, in an unprecedented achievement.

Alper Geziravci, the first Turkish astronaut, was involved in a traffic accident in Kocaeli state, and he was accompanied by two others in the car.

The Libyan Attorney General, Al-Siddiq Al-Sour, ordered the imprisonment of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Price Stabilization Fund, Jamal Al-Shaibani, and a number of Fund officials for their involvement in corruption incidents worth more than two million dollars.

First Deputy Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, discussed with the Russian Ambassador to Libya, Haider Aganin, ways to resolve the Libyan political crisis and strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

Sporadic clashes broke out between the Sudanese army and its allies in the Joint Force on the one hand, and the Rapid Support Forces on the other hand, in several areas of the city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state in western Sudan, resulting in deaths and injuries.

The Constituent Assembly for Drafting the Libyan Constitution welcomed the ruling of the Zawia Court of First Instance, which requires the High Elections Commission to put the draft constitution completed in 2017 to a general popular referendum.

During a press conference at the conclusion of his visit to Burkina Faso, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Russia’s plans to increase the number of military trainers in the country.

Next Saturday, the eyes of millions of football fans will turn to the German city of Hamburg, to watch the draw ceremony for the European Nations Cup “Euro 2024”.

Lawmakers in the US state of Louisiana approved legislation that may be the first of its kind in the United States, requiring child sex offenders to undergo surgical procedures to castrate them.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko became the first person in human history to spend a thousand days in space.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced his country’s support for the initiative of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, which aims to organize an internal Libyan conference.

European traders confirmed that the Algerian Professional Grain Office had purchased about 800,000 tons of soft milling wheat in an international tender that closed last Tuesday.

The Commander of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, received the French Ambassador to Libya, Mustafa Maharaj, in his office at the General Command headquarters in the city of Benghazi.

The number of irregular migrants arriving in Italy from Tunisia decreased last May, according to a report published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Migrants.