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France’s embassy in Libya was hit by an apparent car bomb on Tuesday, injuring two French guards and bringing violence to the capital after attacks on foreign missions in the east. It was the first assault on a diplomatic mission … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, News, Nigeria, North Africa, South Africa, South Sudan
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Benghazi, diplomatic mission, France, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, North Africa, Tripoli
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by Maryline Dumas (tripoli) Inter Press Service TRIPOLI- In Libya, a dose of LSD or the painkiller tramadol costs 78 cents, and a joint of cannabis is 7.80 dollars. Here, drugs are affordable to the poor for a simple reason. … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, North Africa, Op-ed
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Tagged European Commission, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, Libyan Navy, Ministry of Defence, Muammar Gaddafi, Sharia, Tripoli
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Human Rights Concern – Eritrea has received several disturbing reports from Libya concerning the abusive treatment of Eritrean refugees in that country: 1) 76 Eritrean refugees in Libya are being used to clear land mines in Sirte, the home town … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrean, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Libya, Refugee, Tripoli, United Nations
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Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya remain at risk of a wide range of human rights abuses. It is shameful that Gaddafi-era abuses against foreigners, especially those from Sub-Saharan Africa, have not only continued but worsened. The Libyan authorities must acknowledge … read more »
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Tagged Amnesty International, European Union, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, libyan news, Muammar Gaddafi, sub-Saharan Africa, Tripoli
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Moussa Ibrahim arrested in town 40 miles south of Tripoli CNN) – The former spokesman for late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi denied a report Saturday that he was captured by Libyan special forces, saying in an audio message that he … read more »
BBC Report A year after the capture and violent death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on 20 October 2011, what has happened to his remaining family and members of his inner circle? Three of Gaddafi’s sons were killed in … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali
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Tagged Algeria, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, International Criminal Court, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Tripoli
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[View the story "Libya to swept out Islamist Militia: Live Updates" on Storify] Libya to swept out Islamist Militia: Live Updates
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Benghazi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Sharia, Tripoli, United States
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A Libyan security official says two car bombs have exploded in Libya’s capital, killing two people. The official says the first car bomb went off in a main street early in the morning Sunday, killing two and wounding four people. … read more »
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Libya’s interim National Transitional Council has handed power to a newly elected assembly, almost a year after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil passed the reins to the oldest member of the legislative body at a … read more »
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The moderate National Forces Alliance of wartime prime minister Mahmoud Jibril scored a landslide victory over rival Islamist parties in Libya’s first free national election in a generation, partial tallies showed on Thursday. Counts from across the North African country … read more »
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Libya seems well on its way to becoming the next Somalia, with much of the country already ruled by tribal/clan based armed militias. As was the case in Somalia, Libya is in the process of separation, with the eastern, oil … read more »
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Libyans will vote in their first free national poll in more than half a century on Saturday amid fears that violence could taint an election meant to usher in a temporary national assembly and draw a line under Muammar Gaddafi’s … read more »
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Thirteen people were killed in a second day of clashes between Libyan soldiers and tribesmen in the remote southeast, a security official said, highlighting the challenges the new government still faces in imposing its authority. Violence erupted in the early … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Chad, IndepthAfrica, Kufra, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Sahara, Sudan, Tibu, Tripoli
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Libyan authorities have detained four members of the International Criminal Court’s staff who had gone to meet Saif al-Islam, son of former Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, the ICC says. ICC president Sang-Hyun Song urged Libya to immediately “liberate them”. He … read more »
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A bomb went off outside the US embassy offices in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi Tuesday night, causing minor damage to its main gate. A US embassy official in Tripoli told BBC that no one was injured in the … read more »
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Tripoli – The civilian trials of senior officials in Muammar Gaddafi’s former government will begin in early June with his former spy chief, Libya’s prosecutor general said on Thursday. The trials are being seen as a test of the new … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Tagged Gaddafi, Hague, International Criminal Court, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Reuters, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Tripoli
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Tripoli – Seif al-Islam, the son of Libya’s dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has not been transferred to Tripoli because the ex-rebels holding him have not been paid, Libya’s envoy to the International Criminal Court said on Monday. “The failure of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Abdullah Senussi, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, Tripoli, Zintan
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NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi. In … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Spotlight
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Bloc says it supports Libya’s hosting of trial of Saif al-Islam, son of former Libya leader, in defiance of ICC request. The Arab League has said it supports Libya in its desire to try Saif al-Islam, son of killed Libyan … read more »
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The Hague – The International Criminal Court has again rejected attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, who is wanted for trial. Judges unanimously dismissed Libya’s latest appeal against the court’s order to … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Hague, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Tripoli, Zintan
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By Glen Johnson TRIPOLI, Libya — Ahmed Mostafa and his friends paid thousands of dollars among them to get to Libya recently, traveling with gangs of smugglers through Western Africa. It was to be their escape from the sprawling slums … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Organization for Migration, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, North Africa, Tripoli
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Tripoli – Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie plane bombing, has been hospitalised in Tripoli in critical condition, a source close to his family said on Saturday. “Abdelbaset has been in hospital since yesterday and his … read more »
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Tagged Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, afria travel, Africa news, African news, Compassionate release, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Lockerbie, Medical state, Pan Am Flight 103, travel to africa, Tripoli
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Tripoli – Libyan officials say Muammar Gaddafi’s son and former heir-apparent Seif al-Islam will be put on trial inside Libya and there will be a verdict before mid-June. Spokesperson of the ruling National Transitional Council Mohammed al-Hareizi said on Monday … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Seif al-Islam, Tripoli
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Tripoli – Rival militia in the southern Libyan city of Sabha have reached an agreement to end clashes that killed more than 50 people, marking a fresh attempt by the government to impose order nationwide months after the overthrow of … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, indepthafrica africa news, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, NTC, Sabha, Sabha Libya, Tripoli
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Tripoli – A clash has erupted in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, between a militia and residents, killing at least one person. The fighting involves a powerful militia from Zintan in Libya’s western mountains and armed residents of a Tripoli neighbourhood once … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged africa african news, August, Gaddafi, indepthafrica africa news, Libya, Militia, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Zintan
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Tripoli – Libya’s interior minister on Tuesday ruled out a visit by British police to investigate the 1988 Lockerbie bombing or the killing of British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher almost two decades ago. “There is no treaty between Britain and Libya … read more »
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Tagged Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Africa news, African, African news, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Libya, Libyan, London, Muammar Gaddafi, Pan Am Flight 103, Tony Blair, Tripoli
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Banjul – Gambia’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld a request by the government to lift economic sanctions imposed on Libyan assets during the toppled regime of Muammar Gaddafi. The move restores tens of millions of dollars in property invested by … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Banjul, Gambia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Kololi, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, Tripoli
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Tripoli – Libya has called its neighbours to a meeting on their porous common borders, which since the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi have become major conduits for smuggling, an official said on Thursday. Regional security experts are pencilled to meet … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ian Martin, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kufra, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli, Tunisia, United Nations
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By Jason Pack The current situation in Libya can be best characterized as a struggle pitting the ‘centre’ that controls national institutions, the flow of oil, and billions in unfrozen assets against a marginalized ‘periphery’ that can challenge the centre’s … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Amnesty International, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, NATO, NTC, Tripoli
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s Libya marks the first anniversary of its revolution on Friday, the dozens of well-armed militia groups operating across the vast country have slipped well out of the control of the nascent government in Tripoli, making the country ever more … read more »
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Tagged Amnesty, Amnesty International, Gaddafi, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, Muammar Gaddafi, National Transitional Council, Tripoli
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