AU’s Peace, Security Council to Hold Extraordinary Meeting on Libyan Crisis

African leaders and delegates attend an African Union Peace and Security Council summit. (File photo: Reuters)
African leaders and delegates attend an African Union Peace and Security Council summit. (File photo: Reuters)
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AU’s Peace, Security Council to Hold Extraordinary Meeting on Libyan Crisis

African leaders and delegates attend an African Union Peace and Security Council summit. (File photo: Reuters)
African leaders and delegates attend an African Union Peace and Security Council summit. (File photo: Reuters)

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council will hold an extraordinary meeting on May 28 to discuss the situation in Libya and other issues.

The Cameroon-chaired Council will review various key issues, including governance and security challenges in Africa, terrorism, unconstitutional change of governments and humanitarian crises, the Libyan News Agency reported.

The Cameroon’s permanent representative at the AU said that the series of meetings will focus on reviewing and comparing the various efforts and challenges faced by the African countries, including Libya, the Central African Republic and Nigeria, in addition to the security challenges in the Horn of Africa and Chad.

In this context, Deputy Prime Minister of Libya’s new government Salim al-Zadma underscored a national will in ending the Libyan crisis.

In a letter addressing the country’s youth, social and political figures and sheikhs and dignitaries, Zadma underlined the importance of raising awareness of the dangers of foreign interventions in Libya.

He expressed appreciation for the “noble” international efforts aimed at achieving peace in Libya.

He called on Libyans to participate in creating stability and real development across the country.



Egypt to Host Emergency Arab Summit on Gaza on March 4

18 February 2025, Palestinian Territories, Jabalia: A Palestinian sits by a fire outside his tent as people camp amid the ruins of their houses in Jabalia, after returning to northern Gaza during a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
18 February 2025, Palestinian Territories, Jabalia: A Palestinian sits by a fire outside his tent as people camp amid the ruins of their houses in Jabalia, after returning to northern Gaza during a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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Egypt to Host Emergency Arab Summit on Gaza on March 4

18 February 2025, Palestinian Territories, Jabalia: A Palestinian sits by a fire outside his tent as people camp amid the ruins of their houses in Jabalia, after returning to northern Gaza during a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
18 February 2025, Palestinian Territories, Jabalia: A Palestinian sits by a fire outside his tent as people camp amid the ruins of their houses in Jabalia, after returning to northern Gaza during a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas. Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

Egypt will host an emergency Arab summit on March 4 to discuss the developments of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Egyptian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Egypt is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump’s proposal to depopulate the territory so the US can take it over.
The proposal comes after an international uproar over Trump’s call for the removal of Gaza’s population of some 2 million Palestinians. Trump said the United States would take over the Gaza Strip and rebuild it into a “Riviera of the Middle East,” though Palestinians would not be allowed back.

Palestinians have widely said they will not leave their homeland while Egypt and Jordan have refused Trump’s calls for them to take in Gaza’s population.