Libya has emerged as Africa’s happiest nation, according to the World’s Happiness Report released on Wednesday. While Finland retained the number one spot seven years in a row, Nigeria placed 102 in the global ranking and 11th among African countries. Although there was no dedicated Africa list, Libya was the first to appear on the … Read more
The EU-Egypt deal coincides with an uptick in irregular migration to the bloc of wealthy countries. Following a lull in 2022, the EU faced a surge in migrants arriving via the Mediterranean Sea during 2023 and numbers are climbing again in 2024, according to the EU official. A deal inked with Tunisia last July and … Read more
Libyan authorities arrested a security personnel at a female school in Benghazi after he launched a grenade into the establishment’s courtyard, protesting his daughter’s punishment by a teacher, Arabic media reported on Tuesday. The Benghazi security directorate said in a statement on Facebook that the guard, in his 40s, also insulted and cursed teachers … Read more
The Earth’s average surface temperature was at its hottest in 2023, according to a recent NASA report. NASA retrieves its global temperature data by using tens of thousands of meteorological stations. The independent agency also studies the rate of global warming by obtaining sea surface temperature data acquired by ship- and buoy-based instruments. Last year, … Read more
BRUSSELS — The Brits are making a comeback in the EU capital. Exhibit A: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s international policy shop is wrapping up a hiring spree in Brussels. In just a year, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) went from virtually non-existent in the Brussels bubble to recruiting some half-dozen … Read more
AT least 61 people, including children, have been killed in a “tragic shipwreck” after a boat carrying 86 migrants left Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya made the announcement on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday. 1 At least 61 people are thought to have died in the tragedy. … Read more
