Britain and Rwanda are confronting two U.N. agencies that have sharply criticized their controversial plan in which Britain expects to send some asylum-seekers from the U.K. to the African country.

Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha announced on Wednesday that he has chosen the city of Sirte to seat his government, after he attempted on Tuesday to seat his government in Tripoli, leading to clashes with militias allied with his rival.

A government statement said security forces thwarted the countercoup against two-time coup leader Col. Assimi Goita.

An attempt by one of Libya’s rival prime ministers to seat his government in the capital of Tripoli triggered clashes Tuesday between competing militias, forcing the newly appointed premier to leave the city.

The order also grants the Pentagon greater authority to carry out airstrikes in the country against about a dozen leaders of an al-Qaida-aligned militant group.

An Army two-star general is the first woman to take command of forces at the only permanent American military base in Africa, a milestone in the military’s 20-year mission in Djibouti.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somali president between 2012 and 2017, won the contest in the capital, Mogadishu, amid a security lockdown imposed by authorities to prevent deadly militant attacks.

Only months ago, world leaders pledged to stop financing new fossil fuel projects around the globe in a “historic” move against climate change. Now some of those leaders, desperate for energy as Russian flows dwindle, are turning to African nations with burgeoning reserves of oil and natural gas.

Shipments to Ukraine of weapons such as Javelin anti-tank missiles and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles have cut into the Pentagon’s inventory by about one-third, according to estimates by some lawmakers and experts during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

US attack helicopters and related gear worth nearly $1 billion has been approved for sale to Nigeria, the US State Department announced, saying the deal will bolster security in a region facing threats from multiple extremist groups.