LIBYA

Soleimani air strike: Why this is a dangerous escalation of US assassination policy

Article Luca Trenta - 12 Jan 2020

The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries

Public buses return to Tripoli after 30 years

Africa Nawas Al Darraji - 16 Oct 2019

The brand new vehicles will make their first trips in the coming days, across a city has lived with the deadly rhythm of combat in its outer suburbs

Nigerian migrants struggle to reintegrate after Libya ordeal

Africa Sophie Bouillon - 17 Sep 2019

Many returnees suffer long-term mental and physical health problems as well as social stigma on returning to Nigeria

Libya conflict: No end in sight to humanitarian crisis

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 10 Jul 2019

Migrants in Tripoli are staging a hunger strike demanding better protection by the UN as the death toll rises to staggering heights

UN envoy on migrants criticises ‘blindness’ of EU on Libya

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 6 Jul 2019

The EU's leadership team must renew pressure on Libyan authorities to come up with an alternative to this system of arbitrary detention

AU, UN need to work together

Africa International Crisis & Group 2 - 28 Jun 2019

Deadly conflicts will be best addressed if Addis Ababa and New York increase co-operation

Open letter to Eritrea’s president: Let us visit detained activists and journalists

Africa Wole Soyinka & John Githongo 1 - 11 Jun 2019

103 of Africa’s most prominent thinkers ask to visit their incarcerated colleagues in Eritrea

UN attacks ‘ghastly’ conditions in Libya migrant detention centres

Africa Agency - 10 Jun 2019

According to UN figures, some 3 400 migrants and refugees remain detained in Tripoli, which has seen a surge in fighting since early April

Algeria, Sudan, Libya: Revolutions are hard — and unpredictable

Africa Simon Allison - 10 Apr 2019

While celebrating people power in Algeria and Sudan, remember that revolutions are arduous and unpredictable

Libya clashes death toll rises to 32: UN-backed government

Africa Agency - 8 Apr 2019

Clashes near Tripoli in Sunday have killed at least 32 people, with a further 50 people left wounded

African Union to host Libya ‘reconciliation’ conference

Africa Agency - 31 Mar 2019

Libya has been mired in chaos since the 2011 ousting of Muammar Gaddafi and a series of international efforts have so far failed to unite the country

Wits hit by Bafana butterfly effect

Article Luke Feltham - 29 Mar 2019

The energy from the Afcon qualification may be exactly what the Clever Boys need to end the season right

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

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