The UN Security Council has announced it will lift sanctions on Libya’s central bank and the Libyan Foreign Bank to economically uplift the country.

In its first substantive action on Syria’s five-month-old uprising, the UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned Damascus’ crackdown on civilians.

The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday backed Alassane Ouattara as the winner of Côte d’Ivoire’s disputed November 28 presidential election.